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Wage & Hour Rights and Responsibilities

Wage Payment: employment Employee rights include:- Spend for all earnings made (INFO # 3) at the rate concurred to by the company and worker.

– Pay of a minimum of minimum wage (INFO # 1), the applicable Colorado or local minimum wage, and all made overtime salaries without impermissible reductions from their wages;.

– Pay of all earned earnings without impermissible reductions (INFO # 16).

Labor Statutes, employment Rules, & Published Guidance

Statutes & Rules: DLSS imposes a lot of Colorado’s wage and hour and other kinds of labor statutes and labor guidelines, including the Colorado Wage Act, the Colorado Overtime and Minimum Pay Standards (” COMPS Order”), and the Equal Spend For Equal Work Act. Please go to the Division’s Labor Statutes and Labor Rules webpages for existing and previous variations of crucial Colorado labor statutes and rules.

Published Guidance: The Division’s main types of public assistance are:- INFOs (Interpretive Notices and Formal Opinions) – the Division’s officially approved notifications, opinions, and explanations on numerous labor law topics; and.

– KNOWLEDGEs (Knowledge for Workers on Labor Law is Empowering & Drives Good Employment) one-page summaries for workers on their labor rights.

Written Demands, Complaints, & Investigations

Demands & Complaints for Wages: If an employer owes you incomes, you can send your employer a composed need for payment of salaries by mail, email, text, or other electronic means. A written need may be sent to the company at the very same time a Labor Standards Complaint Form for unsettled incomes is filed with the Division. The Labor Standards Complaint Form can be discovered on our Demands, Complaints, employment Responses, employment and Settlements web page.

Employer Responses in Investigations: Once a total Labor Standards Complaint Form is received and reviewed, a letter explaining the nature of the problem and the amounts declared to be owed is sent to the company. To learn more about the examination process, please review the Wage & Hour Claim Investigations – Employer FAQs website.

Investigations Launched by the Division (” Direct Investigations”): The Division may conduct employer-wide direct examinations of potential violations of and hour law. If you would like to send an idea, please email the Division at cdle_di_tips@state.co.us. If you want to submit a specific claim for unsettled earnings, you need to complete a Labor Standards Complaint Form on our Demands, employment Complaints, employment Responses, and Settlements web page. To appeal a direct examination citation or one or more Notices of Assessment, a supposed company might send a Direct Investigation Appeal Form.