Category: Colorado
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 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….
Colorado to investigate construction worker misclassification
From Construction Dive, Kim Slowey reports that Colorado Governor has established a task force to investigate misclassification of workers…
Job Classification for the Colorado Employer – Employees v. Independent Contractors
From Caplan and Earnest, Elizabeth Francis discusses Colorado’s right to control test for determining if a worker is an…
Colorado Loses Millions Each Year to Businesses Misclassifying Workers as Independent Contractors
From TalentWave, Kimball Norup discusses a recent report that Colorado loses an estimated $23 million per…
Colorado Loses Millions Each Year to Businesses Misclassifying Workers
From Rocky Mountain PBS, Anna Boiko-Weyrauch discusses an analysis by Rocky Mountain PBS News. The…
Colorado Worker Laws: Deciding between an Employee and Independent Contractor
rom the Vaughn Law Offices, Justin G. Vaughn and Brandon D. Rains discuss the differences between an…
Booming Colorado Construction Industry Prone to Worker Misclassification; Avitus Group Educates CO Employers on Independent Contractor vs. Employee Classification
From PRWeb, at press release announcing that Avitus Group launched an online Q&A forum answering worker classfiication…
Employees or contractors? Last-minute bill in Colorado Legislature would sort out which is which
From the Denver Business Journal, Ed Sealover reports that a bill to define an independent contractor was…
Employee or Independent Contractor? The Difference Matters
From the Rocky Mountain Disability Law Group — For purposes of Colorado workers’ compensation law, a nine-factor…
