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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Employment of Minors, Minimum Wages, Hours, Exemptions, Fines, and Procedures
This Division notice explains rules under the Colorado Youth Employment Opportunity Act (CYEOA) for employing minors: employers may pay most non-emancipated minors 85% of the state minimum wage (never…
Tips (Gratuities) and Tipped Employees Under Colorado Wage Law
This Division notice explains how Colorado law protects employee tips and when employers may pay tipped employees less than full minimum wage using a "tip credit." It covers the current tip-credit amo…
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…
Overtime and Minimum Wage Obligations for Agricultural Employment
This Division notice explains minimum wage ($15.16/hour in 2026, or a range-worker weekly salary) and overtime pay obligations for Colorado agricultural employers under the ALRRA and COMPS Order. Most…
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…
Key wage and hour rights under Colorado's COMPS and PAY CALC Orders
This annually-updated Division notice summarizes the core wage-and-hour rights and obligations under Colorado's Overtime and Minimum Pay Standards ("COMPS") Order and its yearly PAY CALC wage figures:…
Deductions from, and Credits towards, Employee Pay
This Division notice explains that Colorado employers may deduct from wages only in five lawful categories (legally required deductions, written-agreement deductions primarily benefiting the employee,…
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…
What's Owed for "Time Worked" for Different Types of Pay, Hourly and Non-Hourly
This Division notice explains how the duty to pay for all "time worked" applies across different pay structures: hourly rates, salaries, commissions, and piece rates. It states that Colorado requires …
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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.