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Wage & Hour Rights and Responsibilities

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

– Pay of at least base pay (INFO # 1), the applicable Colorado or local base pay, and all made overtime earnings without impermissible deductions from their salaries;.

– Pay of all made earnings without impermissible deductions (INFO # 16).

Labor Statutes, Rules, & Published Guidance

Statutes & Rules: DLSS implements a lot of Colorado’s wage and hour and other types of labor statutes and labor rules, consisting of the Colorado Wage Act, the Colorado Overtime and Minimum Pay Standards (” COMPS Order”), and the Equal Spend For Equal Work Act. Please visit the Division’s Labor Statutes and Labor Rules websites for existing and prior variations of essential Colorado labor statutes and employment rules.

Published Guidance: The Division’s main types of public guidance are:- INFOs (Interpretive Notices and employment Formal Opinions) – the Division’s formally approved notices, viewpoints, and descriptions on various labor law subjects; and.

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

Written Demands, employment Complaints, & Investigations

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

Employer Responses in Investigations: Once a complete Labor Standards Complaint Form is received and reviewed, employment a letter discussing the nature of the complaint and the amounts declared to be owed is sent out to the employer. For more details about the investigation procedure, employment please evaluate the Wage & Hour Claim Investigations – Employer FAQs webpage.

Investigations Launched by the Division (” Direct Investigations”): The Division might perform employer-wide direct investigations of prospective violations of Colorado wage and hour law. If you would like to submit a suggestion, please email the Division at cd**********@st***.us. If you would like to submit a private claim for overdue wages, you must submit a Labor Standards Complaint Form on our Demands, Complaints, Responses, and Settlements web page. To appeal a direct investigation citation or several Notices of Assessment, a supposed employer may send a Direct Investigation Appeal Form.