August 2, 2023 Colorado recently enacted the Job Application Fairness Act (JAFA). The law becomes effective July 1, 2024. JAFA prohibits...

July 24, 2023 For twenty years Colorado law prevented cities from establishing minimum wages higher than the state minimum wage. That law...

June 20, 2023 Earlier this month Governor Polis signed the Protecting Opportunities and Workers’ Rights (POWR) Act. The act becomes...

June 8, 2023 Last week Governor Polis signed a bill that amends the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA) by adding more reasons...

February 6, 2023 The Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA) was recently amended in several ways. Here is a summary of some of the more...

February 2, 2023 In December Congress passed an omnibus spending bill which President Biden signed. Included in that bill are two laws...

November 23, 2022 The Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA) requires Colorado employers to provide employees with up to 80 hours of...

October 21, 2022 In 2020, Colorado enacted the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program (FAMLI), which provides paid leave to employees...

August 30, 2022 Lately I’ve read several articles about how difficult it is for employers to fill job openings. Out of curiosity, I went...

August 5, 2022 Yesterday the U. S. Secretary of Health and Human Services declared that a nationwide public health emergency exists due...

July 21, 2022 At the beginning of the year, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment expanded its definition of vacation pay. The...

July 6, 2022 The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) recently revised Interpretive Notice & Formal Opinion (INFO) #6B...

May 20, 2022 The Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (“HFWA”) requires Colorado employers to provide “supplemental” paid sick leave to...

UPDATE: Governor Polis signed the bill on June 8 and the new law becomes effective on August 10, 2022. May 18, 2022 The Colorado General...

March 30, 2022 During the Trump Administration, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) promulgated a rule simplifying the analysis used to...

February 26, 2022 A state law passed last year will soon increase criminal penalties for violating the Colorado statute on non-compete...

January 25, 2022 Today the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced it is withdrawing its Covid-19 vaccination...

November 16, 2021 In response to a directive from President Biden, on November 4, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration...

September 3, 2021 The Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (“CADA”) was recently amended by expanding the categories of persons protected by...

August 30, 2021 Colorado recently passed a comprehensive data privacy law that becomes effective July 1, 2023. The Colorado Privacy Act...