Colorado Supreme Court decision establishes new time limits on wage claims
Accusations of wage violations have just a two- or three-year statute of limitations, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled this week, overturning a lower-court decision that…
Labor & Employment
Colorado employers must prepare for new wage-theft law
Colorado employers will need to work a little bit harder to ensure that they are not misclassifying employees as contractors and are not shorting anyone…
Mountain summit participants discuss new training pathways, affordability opportunities
While Colorado’s mountain towns may not have trouble attracting visitors from across the world, they have a heap of issues in finding workers to keep…
Polis signs tip credit bill — with a warning for local governments
Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill Tuesday allowing local governments with higher minimum wages to expand their tip credits — and warned that if they…
Unions and business groups ramp up pressure on Polis to sign or veto bill to expand doctor choice for injured workers
With just one week left for him to sign or veto bills, Gov. Jared Polis is coming under heavy pressure from both business and labor…
Polis signs several bills that businesses had fought
By inking new laws Thursday that make it easier for Coloradans with disabilities and with wage-theft claims to demand damages from businesses, Gov. Polis completed…
Polis vetoed the Labor Peace Act overhaul. Now what?
By the time Gov. Jared Polis vetoed the proposed overhaul of the Colorado Labor Peace Act on Friday afternoon, there was no question that was…
Business, labor apply pressure to Polis on Labor Peace Act overhaul
Both business and labor advocates are asking Gov. Jared Polis to act on the Colorado Labor Peace Act overhaul that passed the Legislature, though union…
2025 legislative review: Business wins, a few losses and more battles to come
The 2025 legislative session was one where business leaders engaged early — rallying against the first bill to get a Senate committee hearing — and…
With negotiations in flames, legislative Democrats push Labor Peace Act overhaul forward
Six months of discussions about overhauling Colorado’s Labor Peace Act broke down this weekend, leaving legislative Democrats to move ahead Monday with the long-delayed Senate…