Gig-worker transparency bill runs out of gas
Colorado’s attempt to craft the strictest transparency law in the country for transportation- and delivery-network companies crashed to halt Tuesday, stifled by what some of…
Regulatory Issues
Bill could limit Colorado employers from asking about job applicants’ ages
Employers will have to remove questions from job applications about prospective workers’ ages and dates of schooling if Gov. Jared Polis signs into law a…
Polis signs expansion of Colorado’s right-to-repair law
Colorado will become the first state in the U.S. to give owners of tractors and other agricultural equipment the ability to fix the products they…
Changes to POWR Act soften business groups’ fight against the bill
When the House Judiciary Committee conducts that chamber’s first hearing Tuesday on a bill to redefine harassment in state law, business groups won’t be rallying…
Bill would require Colorado employers grant paid sick leave for more reasons
Colorado employers would have to allow workers to use paid sick leave for more reasons other than personal illness under a bill that is on…
Senate Democrats reject attempts to amend equal-pay proposal
Sponsors rejected a handful of amendments — including one requested by Gov. Jared Polis’ office — during Colorado Senate debate over the past two days…
Sponsor of ADA-lawsuits bill makes major changes
The sponsor of a bill to increase the damages that Colorado businesses could be forced to pay for Americans with Disabilities Act violations bumped the…
Harassment bill passes first test with changes and questions
A second legislative attempt to redefine harassment in Colorado law took its first step forward Wednesday — but with changes to its own new definition…
Major Colorado universities seek exemption from POWR Act
A coalition of most of Colorado’s public colleges and universities has asked sponsors of a bill to redefine harassment in state law either to exempt…
Polis issues new regulations on oil and gas companies
Colorado oil and gas producers along much of the Front Range must cut nitrogen oxides 30% by 2025 and 50% by 2030 under a new…