The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Labor has released its 2012 minimum wage poster. Effective Jan. 1, 2012, the Colorado minimum wage rate will increase from $7.36 per hour to $7.64 per hour. The tipped minimum wage will also increase from $4.34 per hour to $4.62 per hour. Pursuant to the inflation adjustment requirement of Article XVIII, Section 15, of the...

The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment has released an updated minimum wage poster to reflect an increase in the state minimum wage. Effective Jan. 1, 2011, the minimum wage will increase from $7.24 per hour to $7.36 per hour. The tipped employee minimum wage rate will also increase from $4.22 per hour to $4.34 per hour. Colorado employers must follow the minimum wage...

Colorado Minimum Wage Order Number 26 establishes a new state minimum wage rate of $7.24, which was adjusted for inflation in accordance with Article XVIII, Section 15, of the Colorado Constitution, effective Jan. 1, 2010.  Although the state's minimum wage will be decreasing from $7.28 per hour to $7.24 per hour, if an employee is covered by federal and Colorado state minimum wage...

The Colorado Division of Labor is proposing a four-cent decrease in the state's minimum wage from $7.28 to $7.24 an hour to reflect a decrease in the cost of living in the state. Colorado would thus become the first state to lower its minimum wage to reflect the deflation in the economy that's occurred since last year. The rate would take effect on Jan. 1, 2010, but first a public hearing...

The State of Colorado has updated its unemployment benefits insurance panel.  According to officials, the change is mandatory and all employers must replace existing notices with the current version dated 09/2009. Revisions to the poster include: A new complaint process available for misclassified employees. Information regarding fines and penalties for employers who...

Colorado is raising its minimum wage effective Jan. 1, 2009, to $7.28 and to $4.26 for tipped employees. The new Wage Order (Number 25) supercedes all previous Wage Orders, and it is mandatory that employers in Colorado update their minimum wage notification poster. The Personnel Concepts Research Department is in the process of updating the Colorado version of the State and Federal...

Colorado has enacted a law similar to Nevada's granting employees at firms with 50 or more on staff up to 18 hours a year in leave to attend children's school activities. However, Colorado's law is more restrictive in that the leave can be only for meetings related to special education services, dropout prevention, attendance, truancy and discipline. In Nevada, just about any type of activity...