New Year, New Minimum Wage Increase
As of January 1, 2013, Colorado’s minimum wage increased from $7.64 per hour to $7.78 per hour, with tipped employee’s minimum wage increasing from $4.62 per hour to $4.76 per hour. The Colorado...
View ArticleColorado’s Employment Opportunity Act Resurfaces And Picks Up Steam
Percolating since last year, Colorado’s Employment Opportunity Act has resurfaced in early 2013 and may be on the road to passage. Known as SB13-018, or Senate Bill 18, the Employment Opportunity Act...
View ArticleThe Aye’s Have It – Colorado’s Civil Union Act Signed Into Law & Employment...
While many Coloradoans are taking advantage of their last few ski days of the season, the Colorado legislature has been busy passing new, groundbreaking legislation with respect to civil unions and...
View ArticleEmployers: Are You Using the Right I-9, FMLA and FCRA Forms?
Employers take note of a slew of employment law changes in 2013, including new I-9 forms, new FMLA posters and forms, and new FCRA forms. New I-9 Forms Effective May 7, 2013, new Employment...
View ArticleColorado is the Ninth State To Restrict Use of Credit History in Employment...
On April 19, 2013, Governor John Hickenlooper signed into law SB 13-018, otherwise known as “the Employment Opportunity Act.” The Employment Opportunity Act prohibits employers from obtaining and using...
View ArticleColorado Supreme Court Rules Medical Marijuana Use Is Not Lawful Off-Duty...
On June 15, 2015, in a 6-0 opinion, the Colorado Supreme Court provided its long-awaited ruling in Coats v. Dish Network, LLC (PDF). The Court affirmed the Colorado Court of Appeals’ decision below,...
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