December 2022: Colorado’s Public Health Emergency Leave Now Covers COVID-19 and Similar Respiratory Illness
Update Applicable to:All employers What happened?On November 11, 2022, Polis issued D 2022 044, Colorado COVID-19 and Other Respiratory Illnesses Disaster Recovery Order Amendment, which expands the previous public health order to cover not only COVID-19 but also RSV, influenza, and “other respiratory illnesses.” What are the details?Colorado’s Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (the HFWA) requires […]
December 2022: (Reminder) Colorado Requires Contributions for Paid Family and Medical Leave Beginning in 2023
Update Applicable to:All employers with 10 or more employees nationwide in the state of Colorado. What happened?In our previous communication here, we notified you that Colorado state published final regulations on benefits and employer participation requirements (Benefits Rules), which provide the most concrete guidance to date regarding the benefits to which employees will be entitled under […]
November 2022: Colorado Attorney General Publishes Privacy Act Draft Rules
Update Applicable to:All employers that keep records of customers in the state of Colorado What happened?On July 7, 2021, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) into law, which broadens consumer privacy legislation. On September 30, 2022, the Colorado Attorney General’s office published proposed Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) rules. The Draft Rules address how the CPA will […]
September 2022: Colorado Issues Final Rules on Benefits and Employer Participation Requirements for Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program
Update Applicable to:All employers with 10 or more employees nationwide in the state of Colorado. What happened?On August 26, 2022, the state published final regulations on benefits and employer participation requirements (Benefits Rules), which provide the most concrete guidance to date regarding the benefits to which employees will be entitled under the Family and Medical Leave […]
September 2022: Colorado Publishes Revised Notice to Employer of Injury and Public Health Rights Posters
Update Applicable to: All employers in the state of Colorado. What happened?In August 2022, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment Division of Workers’ Compensation published a revised Notice to Employer of Injury with added information about reporting procedures. What are the details? The Colorado legislature approved changes to the state’s workers’ compensation landscape during the 2022 […]
September 2022: Colorado Enacts Wage Theft Amendments, Increasing Penalties and Permitting Class-wide Demands
Update Applicable to: All employers in the state of Colorado. What happened?On June 3, 2022, Governor Polis signed Senate Bill 22-261 (SB 22-161) into law, which addresses issues of wage theft, employee misclassification, and enforcement procedures and remedies for violations of laws about wage payment and employee classification. What are the details? Effective August 9, 2022, SB 22-161 eliminates […]
August 2022: Reminder: Colorado Expands Notice Requirement for Unemployment Benefits Upon Termination
In a previous communication, we notified you that on May 25, 2022, Governor Polis signed Senate Bill 234 (SB 234) into law, which expands the required notice for unemployment benefits to include specific provisions. Effective immediately, Employers must provide each employee, in writing, information on the availability of unemployment compensation benefits at the time of […]
July 2022: Colorado Updates its Paid Sick Leave Guidance
Update Applicable to:All employers in the state of Colorado. What happened?On June 24, 2022, Colorado’s Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) published a revised version of its Interpretive Notice & Formal Opinion (INFO) #6B regarding the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA), which took effect in 2020. What are the details?Below are two key points that provide a brief […]
June 2022: Colorado Expands Whistleblower Protections for Health and Safety Violations at the Workplace
Update Applicable to:All employers in the state of Colorado. What happened?On May 31, 2022, Governor Polis signed Senate Bill 97 (SB 97) into law, which expands the whistleblower protections to all health and safety concerns regardless of whether there is a declared public health emergency. What are the details?The Public Health Emergency Whistleblower (PHEW) law […]
June 2022: Colorado Expands Notice Requirement for Unemployment Benefits Upon Termination
Update Applicable to:All employers in the state of Colorado What happened?On May 25, 2022, Governor Polis signed Senate Bill 234 (SB 234) into law, which expands the required notice for unemployment benefits to include specific provisions. What are the details?Effective immediately, employers must provide each employee, in writing, information on the availability of unemployment compensation […]
