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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Paid Sick Leave under the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA)
This is the Division's detailed, actively-updated guidance on paid leave under Colorado's Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA): which employers and employees are covered, how the 1-hour-per-30-h…
Transportation Network Companies (TNCs): Driver Rights and Labor Transparency
This Division notice explains the Transportation Network Company Transparency Act, which covers rideshare platforms ("TNCs"). It requires TNCs to disclose pay, time, and distance for each ride offer a…
Equal Pay by Sex: The Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, Part 1
This Division notice covers Part 1 of Colorado's Equal Pay for Equal Work Act: employers can't pay employees of different sexes differently for substantially similar work unless a specific, fully-expl…
Speech and Organizing Rights for Government Employees under the Protections for Public Workers Act ("PROPWA")
This Division notice, with over 30 examples, explains the free speech, advocacy, and organizing rights of Colorado state and local government employees under the Protections for Public Workers Act (PR…
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…
Delivery Network Companies (DNCs): Driver Rights and Labor Transparency
This Division notice explains the Protections for Delivery Network Company Drivers Act, which covers app-based delivery platforms ("DNCs") like food-delivery apps. It requires DNCs to disclose pay, ti…
Transparency in Pay and Job Opportunities: The Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, Part 2
This detailed Division notice covers Part 2 of Colorado's Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the nation's first job-posting pay-transparency law: employers must disclose compensation, benefits, and how/whe…
Complaints, Investigations, and Remedies as to Retaliation or Interference
This Division notice explains how retaliation and interference claims are filed and investigated, and what remedies are available. It covers which claim types can go to the Division versus require fil…
Compliance Duties: Notify Workers of Their Rights; No Unlawful Waivers or Restrictions
This Division notice explains two employer compliance duties: never requiring workers to waive labor rights or agree not to discuss wages or workplace safety, and affirmatively notifying workers of th…
What's "Retaliation" or "Interference": What Activity Is Protected? What Acts Are Illegal?
This Division notice explains what employee activity is legally protected from retaliation or interference (paid-sick-leave requests, health/safety whistleblowing and PPE use, and wage-and- hour compl…
Summary: Retaliation or Interference Against Exercising Labor Rights
This short Division notice is a roadmap to the "INFO #5 series" on Colorado's retaliation and interference protections: what counts as protected activity (claiming wage or leave rights, raising safety…
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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.