Category: Colorado
Colorado Increases Penalties for Agricultural Employers who Misclassify Workers
From JDSupra, Jane Waterman-Joyce and Kristin White discuss recently enacted legislation including a new law that increases…
Colorado Attorney General Announcs Settlement with Instawork for Unpaid Unemployment Insurance Payments Due to Misclassification of Workers
The Colorado Attorney General announced that it had settled claims with Instawork, an app-based staffing agency, for…
Salesperson of Gutter Protection Comany Alleges Misclassification
From JDSupra, Richard Reibstein discusses a lawsuit filed by a salesperson of a gutter protection company who…
Employers Face New Fines Under Colorado Wage and Hour Laws for Misclassifying Employees as Independent Contractors
From JDSupra, Bill Ojile and Ainsley Hill discusses a new law in Colorado that increases the penalties…
Colorado Enacts Increased Wage Act Penalties and Enforcement for Misclassifying Workers as Independent Contractors
From JDSupra, Lukasz Gilewski, Jennifer Harpole, and Elizabeth (Libby) Valenzuela discuss laws recently passed in Colorado including…
Denver Auditor’s Office: Strip clubs owe nearly $14 million following wage theft investigation
Denver Labor, a division of the Denver Auditor’s Office made a determination that two strip clubs stole…
Denver Auditor Finds Two Staffing Firms Misclassified Workers as Independent Contractors
Denver Labor, a division of the Denver Auditor’s office announced that it had found that two staffing…
Judge approves preliminary class-action suit against Denver oil and gas companies
From Colorado Politics, Michael Karlik discusses a class action lawsuit by safety consultants for oil and gas…
State & Local Employment Law Developments: Q2 2021
From JDSupra, Katharine Fenn and Tareen Zafrullah provide an excellent summary of recent state and local employment…
Colorado bill set to make wage theft a felony
From ConstructionDive, Kim Slowey reports on a Colorado bill that increases the penalties for not paying wages…
Colorado Governor’s Task Force on Employee Misclassification Issues Recommendations
Colorado Governor’s Task Force on Employee Misclassification delivered its report and recommendations to the Governor on…
Colorado Court of Appeals Confirms the Broad Scope of “Arising Under” Arbitration Agreements and Expands Duty-of-Loyalty Claims
From JDSupra, Stephen Baumann II and Adrienne Scheffey discuss a Colorado case that interprets the phrase “arising under” broadly….
