[Updated] Expansion of State/Local Sick Leave in Response to COVID-19
UPDATED August 2021 to reflect extensions of local ordinances into 2021. This article will be updated as we continue to...
Colorado
Colorado Broadens its Prohibition on Gender-Based Discrimination
On May 20, 2021, Colorado Governor Polis signed House Bill 21-1108 (the Act) which expands the categories of protected classes under the ...
[Updated] All Colorado Employers Must Provide Public Health Emergency Paid Sick Leave Beginning January 1, 2021
On December 23, 2020, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment’s Division of Labor Standards and Statistics (Department) issued an Interpretive ...
Colorado Updates its Wage and Hour Requirements
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment’s Division of Labor Standards Statistics (the Department) adopted the Colorado Overtime and ...
[Updated] Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act Takes Effect January 1, 2021
On May 22, 2019, Colorado governor Jared Polis signed the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (“Equal Pay Act” or the “Act”) ...
Colorado Votes In a Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program
In November, Colorado voters voted in favor of Proposition 118 for the creation of a statewide paid family and medical leave ...
Colorado Enacts Supplemental COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave During 2020
On June 23, 2020, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed the “Back to Work” emergency ordinance (the “Ordinance”) to address severe ...
Colorado Passes Mandatory Paid Sick Leave Effective January 2021
On July 14, 2020, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed into law the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (the “Act”) requiring employers to ...
Significant Changes to Colorado Wage and Hour Law Effective March 2020
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment’s Division of Labor Standards Statistics (the Department) recently adopted the Colorado Overtime ...
