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Code of Colorado Regulations eDocket
Details of Tracking Number
2023-00832
CCR details
| Tracking Number |
2023-00832 |
| Type of Filing |
Permanent Rule |
| Department |
1100 Department of Labor and Employment |
| Agency |
1101 Division of Labor Standards and Statistics (Includes 1103 Series) |
| CCR Number |
7 CCR 1103-7 |
| CCR Title |
WAGE PROTECTION RULES |
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Proposed rule
| Notice Filed with SOS |
12/29/2023 |
| Rule |
ProposedRuleAttach2023-00832.pdf |
| Additional Information |
AddInfoAttach2023-00832.pdf |
| Statutory Authority |
The Director is authorized to adopt and amend rules and regulations to enforce, execute, apply, and interpret Articles 1, 2, 4-6, 12, 13.3, and 13.5 of Title 8, C.R.S. (2023), and all rules, regulations, investigations, and other proceedings of any kind thereunder, by the Colorado Administrative Procedure Act (“Colorado APA”), C.R.S. § 24-4-103, and provisions of Articles 1, 2, 4-6, 12, 13.3, and 13.5. |
| Description of Subjects/Issues |
Amending the rules as to the following matters: (1) to implement Senate Bill 23-231, which provides that if an employer does not pay after a Division citation for failure to pay wages, the Division may pay the employee from the Wage Theft Enforcement Fund, with the Division replacing the employee as the creditor of the employer for that debt; (2) to create and implement a mediation program as required by the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act amendments in Senate Bill 23-105; (3) for employers of employees with varied pay rates and leave amounts, to offer more flexibility in how to calculate pay rates for paid sick leave; (4) to incorporate, conform to, or otherwise apply laws enacted in recent legislative sessions; and (5) other technical and non-substantive procedural amendments, such as to add clarity and streamline redundancy, that have proven warranted since the Rules were last amended. |
| Purpose/Objective of Rule |
Amending the rules as to the following matters: (1) to implement Senate Bill 23-231, which provides that if an employer does not pay after a Division citation for failure to pay wages, the Division may pay the employee from the Wage Theft Enforcement Fund, with the Division replacing the employee as the creditor of the employer for that debt; (2) to create and implement a mediation program as required by the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act amendments in Senate Bill 23-105; (3) for employers of employees with varied pay rates and leave amounts, to offer more flexibility in how to calculate pay rates for paid sick leave; (4) to incorporate, conform to, or otherwise apply laws enacted in recent legislative sessions; and (5) other technical and non-substantive procedural amendments, such as to add clarity and streamline redundancy, that have proven warranted since the Rules were last amended. |
| Basis And Purpose |
BasisAndPurposeAttachment2023-00832.pdf
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| Submitted in response to issues raised by COLS/OLLS? |
No
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| Is this rule adopted in response to recent legislation? |
Yes
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| Recent legislation bill number |
23-231, 23-105
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| Hearing Date |
01/30/2024 |
| Hearing Time |
02:00 PM |
| Hearing Location |
(A) To Participate by Internet: meet.google.com/ipu-ipra-rhi (B) To Participate by Phone: (US) +1 478-324-0861‬‬‬, and then enter t |
| Contact Name |
Elizabeth Funk |
| Contact Title |
Labor Standards Director |
| Contact Telephone |
3033188462 |
| Contact email |
CDLE_LaborStandardsRules@state.co.us |
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Adopted rule
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