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Colorado Overtime Laws and the 2024 Federal Updates
Colorado Overtime Laws and the 2024 Federal Updates THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR’S NEW OVERTIME...
Colorado COMPS Order #39 (2024): Wage, Tip Pooling & Overtime Updates
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment’s (CDLE) Division of Labor Standards and...
Denver Wage Theft Ordinance Provides Significant Additional Protections For Workers In The City And County Of Denver
In 2023, the City of Denver adopted the Civil Wage Theft Ordinance. The new ordinance creates new...
Claims And Remedies Available To Aggrieved Employees Arising From The Failure To Pay Overtime Pay
Employees in Colorado who are not paid overtime may have multiple legal avenues to recover unpaid...
Wage And Hour Claim Investigations In Colorado
The Colorado Division of Labor Standards and Statistics (CDOL) enforces wage laws and helps...
What Constitutes a Willful Violation of the Colorado Wage Act? | Baird Quinn LLC
The Colorado Wage Act is designed to protect workers by ensuring they are paid the wages they’ve...
Colorado POWR Act: What to Know About Workplace Harassment, NDAs & Compliance
POWR Act Colorado: What Employers Need to Know On August 7, 2023, the Protecting Opportunities and...
THE CDLE ISSUES INTERPRETIVE NOTICE & FORMAL OPINION ON DEDUCTIONS AND CREDITS
The Colorado Wage Act prohibits employers from deducting earned wages from employees’ paychecks...
UNDERSTANDING COMMISSIONS AND BONUSES UNDER THE COLORADO WAGE ACT
The Colorado Wage Act governs how employers must pay wages, including commissions and bonuses, to...
Colorado Legislature Passes HB 22-1317, Restricting Non-Compete and Non-Solicitation Agreements
On June 8, 2022, Governor Jared Polis signed HB 22-1317 into law, significantly restricting the...
How To Prove Willful Violations Under The FLSA To Extend The Statute Of Limitations
Ordinary vs. Willful Violations of the FLSA The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 established...
Colorado Wage Claim Act: Supreme Court Rules That Employers Cannot Forfeit Earned Vacation Pay Upon Termination
In Nieto v. Clark’s Market, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that employers cannot enforce...
How To Calculate Overtime Pay
How to Calculate Overtime Pay Under the FLSA The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) as enforced by...
New EEOC Guidance States That Employers May Not Require Employees to Take Antibody Tests to Detect COVID19
On June 17, 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued new technical...
Guest Post “Employer Liability & Considerations As You Reopen your Business”
Attorney Beth Doherty Quinn has written a guest post on the Doida Law Group blog about "Employer...
Colorado Employment Law: Compensatory Time In Lieu of Overtime
May Private Employers Provide Compensatory Time in Lieu of Overtime Pay to Employees to Compensate...
EEOC Updates COVID-19 Technical Assistance
On May 7, 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) posted an updated and...
WARN Act in Colorado: COVID-19, Employer Requirements, Exceptions, & Compliance
The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act is a federal labor law requiring...
Termination for Positive Marijuana Test
Colorado Supreme Court Upholds Termination for Positive Marijuana Test In Coats v. Dish Network,...
Santich Decision
May a Non-Signatory to an Arbitration Agreement Enforce the Arbitration Agreement? On June 25,...
Colorado Employees Exempt from The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Commissioned Retail and Service Establishment Employees What is the Fair Labor Standards...
Colorado COMPS Order #36 (2020): Wage & Overtime Law Updates
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) has proposed replacing Minimum Wage Order...
Families First Coronavirus Response Act
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) requires certain employers to provide...
Tenth Circuit Rules That FLSA Applies to Companies in Cannabis Industry
FLSA COVERS WORKERS IN THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY EVEN THOUGH EMPLOYMENT ACTIVITIES VIOLATE CONTROLLED...
Colorado Court Holds That Courts Are Not Obligated to Modify Overly Broad Non-Compete Agreements, Even with a “Blue Pencil” Provision
In 23 LTD. v. Herman, 2019 COA 113 (Colo. App. July 25, 2019), the Colorado Court of Appeals...
Enforceability of Liquidated Damage Clauses in Physician Non-Compete Agreements in Colorado
While physicians may not be enjoined (legally prohibited) from practicing medicine in Colorado...
Sales Commissions Under the Colorado Wage Act
When Are Sales Commissions “Earned” And Not Subject To Forfeiture under the Colorado Wage Act?...
United States Department of Labor Issues Final Rule Concerning Minimum Salary Threshold For Exemptions from Overtime Under the Fair Labor Standards Act
On September 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a final rule to make an additional...
Vacation Policies Conditioning Payment Upon Termination and the Colorado Wage Act
Does A Vacation Policy That Says That an Employee Is Not Entitled to Payment for Unused Vacation...
Colorado U.S. District Court Evaluates FLSA Personal Liability for Business Owners
A recent decision from the United States District Court for the District of Colorado evaluated...
Colorado Law on Access to Personnel Files: Employee Rights Explained
In 2016, Colorado law established requirements for private employers, except certain banking...
The Colorado Wage Transparency Act
The Colorado Wage Transparency Act was created to prohibit employers from taking adverse actions...
May Individuals Be held Liable for a Corporations Payment Obligations Under the Colorado Wage Act
May Individuals Be held Liable for a Corporation's Payment Obligations Under the Colorado Wage Act...
The Colorado Wage Act Encompasses More Than Just Traditional “Wages” And Extends to Many Forms of Compensation
The Colorado Wage Act Encompasses More Than Just Traditional "Wages" And Extends to Many Forms of...
Colorado Wage Claim Act (CWCA) Section 109: Wage Payment and Statute of Limitations
The Colorado Wage Act (CWCA) is a state labor law that protects the rights of workers and governs...
DOL Adopts Final Rule Increasing Salary Threshold for White Collar Exemptions Under FLSA
United States Department of Labor Issues Final Rule Concerning Minimum Salary Threshold For...
New Colorado Law Limiting Employers’ Right to Require Disclosure of Felony Convictions in Initial Application
Colorado Employers Prohibited From Requiring Applicants to Disclose Felony Convictions on Initial...
Colorado Department of Labor Proposes New Rule on Forfeiture of Accrued Vacation
Colorado Department of Labor Proposes Rule Prohibiting Forfeiture of Earned Vacation. In Nieto v....
Colorado Law on Employer Fraud in Hiring Process
What Does Hiring Under False Pretenses Mean? /Prospective employees rely upon employers to provide...
Tenth circuit addresses employee’s need for expert testimony to establish a disability under the Americans with disabilities act
In Tesone v. Empire Marketing Strategies, 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 33488 (10th Cir., Nov. 8, 2019),...
Colorado legislature make significant amendments to Colorado Wage Act, Effective January 1, 2020
In the 2019 legislative session, the Colorado legislature amended the Colorado Wage Act to...