Colorado Labor Guidance
Free plain-English summaries of opinion letters, administrative policies, and interpretive notices from Colorado's labor agency, with the current status and the official source on every page.
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Reporting Required by Supplemental Healthcare Staffing Agencies
This Division notice explains a reporting duty under C.R.S. 8-4-125: supplemental healthcare staffing agencies (temp agencies that place workers like nurses and therapists with healthcare facilities) …
Labor Conditions for Agricultural Work: Heat Protection; Short-Handled Tool & Hand-Weeding/Thinning Limits; Public Health Emergency Protections
This Division notice details Colorado agricultural workers' heat safety protections (water, shade, extra rest breaks, and annual training/monitoring obligations once it's 80 degrees or hotter, with st…
Local Minimum Wages
This Division notice explains how Colorado local governments (cities, towns, counties, and combined city-counties) may adopt a local minimum wage higher than the state minimum wage: the annual 15% inc…
Summary: Requirements of the Agricultural Labor Rights & Responsibilities Act (ALRRA)
This short Division notice is a roadmap to Colorado's Agricultural Labor Rights & Responsibilities Act (ALRRA): minimum wage and overtime rules, rest and meal breaks, worksite access to key service pr…
Worker Classification: Who Is and Isn't an "Employee" Protected by Labor Standards Laws?
This Division notice explains how Colorado decides whether a worker is a protected "employee" or an independent contractor under the Colorado Wage Act's definition, regardless of how a business labels…
Agricultural Employee Rest Periods, Meal Periods, and Service Provider Access
This Division notice details Colorado agricultural workers' rest and meal period rights (paid 10-15 minute rest breaks every 4 hours, 30-minute meal breaks in shifts over 5 hours), additional paid and…
Enforcement: Scope of Coverage; Notice of Rights; Protected Activity & Retaliation; Complaints & Remedies
This Division notice explains who is covered by Colorado's Agricultural Labor Rights & Responsibilities Act (which employers, employees, range workers, and other protected parties), the notice-of-righ…
Prevailing Wage and Apprenticeship Program Requirements for Public Projects
This Division notice explains prevailing-wage rights for workers on Colorado state-funded public projects of $500,000 or more: paying market-rate wages and benefits, weekly pay, apprenticeship-program…
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These are official interpretive documents from Colorado's labor agency: opinion letters answering questions from employers and workers, administrative policies, and interpretive notices. They show how the agency applies wage-and-hour and workplace law to real situations, but they are guidance, not statutes or court decisions, and the agency can supersede or withdraw them. Every page above shows the document's current status, when that status was last verified, and a link to the official source.