Labor Law Guidance & Education | Department of Labor & Employment

Select the tabs below to view each kind of published guidance from the Division:

INFO: (Interpretive Notices and Formal Opinions) — the Division’s officially approved notices, opinions, and explanations on various labor law topics.
KNOWLEDGE: (Knowledge for Workers on Labor Law is Empowering & Drives Good Employment) — one-page summaries for employees on their labor rights.
Other published guidance: public notices, reports, and other releases from the Division.
Labor Law Videos: short educational videos about Colorado labor laws.

Haga clic en las pestañas siguientes para ver cada tipo de orientación publicada por la División:

INFO:(Avisos interpretativos y opiniones formales) los avisos, opiniones y explicaciones aprobados oficialmente por la División sobre varios temas de derecho laboral.
Conocimiento: (El conocimiento para los trabajadores sobre la legislación laboral empodera e impulsa el buen empleo)-- resumenes de una pagina para los empleados sobre sus derechos laborales.
Otras orientaciones publicadas: avisos públicos, informes y otros comunicados de la División.

Interpretive Notice & Formal Opinions (INFOs)

INFO #	Title & Topic	Last Update	Versión en Español
1	Colorado Overtime & Minimum Pay Standards Order (COMPS Order)	08/07/2025	Derechos y responsabilidades clave sobre salarios y horas en Colorado: las órdenas COMPS y PAY CALC
1A	The Executive, Administrative, and Professional Exemptions from the Colorado Overtime and Minimum Pay Standards Order (“COMPS”)	07/12/2021	N/A
2	Summary: The Division Wage Claim Investigation, Appeals, and Enforcement Process	08/07/2025	Resumen: El proceso de investigación de reclamos de sueldos, apelaciones y ejecución de la División
2A	The Wage Claim Investigation Process	08/06/2025	Proceso de investigación de reclamos de sueldos
2B	Orders of Wages, Penalties, Fines, and Consequences for Non-Compliance	08/11/2025	N/A
2C	Appeals of Determinations that Compliance Investigators Issue after Finishing Investigations	08/22/2023	Apelaciones de las determinaciones que los investigadores de cumplimiento emiten una vez finalizadas las investigaciones
2D	Enforcement: Certified Copies; Administrative Liens and Levies	05/05/2023	N/A
3	Summary: “Wages” and “Compensation” under Colorado Wage Law	07/11/2023	N/A
3A	Timing of Wage Payments & Required Record-Keeping	07/11/2023	N/A
3B	Permissible and Impermissible Methods of Payment	07/11/2023	N/A
3C	Tips (Gratuities) and Tipped Employees Under Colorado Wage Law	06/18/2025	N/A
3D	Commissions and Bonuses	07/11/2023	N/A
3E	Payment of Earned Vacation upon Separation of Employment	05/29/2024	N/A
4	Meal and Rest Periods	09/15/2025	N/A
5	Summary: Retaliation for Interference Against Exercising Labor Rights	02/15/2024	N/A
5A	What's "Retaliation" or "Interference": What Activity is Protected? What Acts are Illegal?	02/15/2024	N/A
5B	Compliance Duties: Notify Workers of Their Rights; No Unlawful Waivers or Restrictions	02/15/2024	N/A
5C	Complaints, Investigations, Remedies as to Retaliation or Interference	02/15/2024	N/A
6	Summary: Paid Leave under Colorado’s Healthy Families & Workplaces Act (“HFWA”)	07/19/2023	Ausencia Pagada bajo el Acta de Familias y Lugares de Trabajos Saludables de Colorado
6A	Paid Leave Under the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, through December 31, 2020	03/29/2022	N/A
6B	Paid Leave under the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (“HFWA”)	05/29/2024	N/A
6C	Differences & Overlap Between Colorado’s Two Paid Leave Laws: The Healthy Families & Workplaces Act (“HFWA”), and the Family & Medical Leave Insurance (“FAMLI”) Program	11/17/2023	N/A
7	Workplace Accommodations for Nursing Parents	09/05/2023	N/A
8	Equal Pay by Sex: The Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, Part 1	12/27/2024	N/A
9	Hiring & Screening: What Employers Must Disclose, & Information They Must Not Ask or Use	12/08/2023	N/A
9A	Transparency in Pay and Job Opportunities: The Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, Part 2 Prior version: For postings/notices before 1/1/24, when amendments to the Act took effect.	05/29/2024	N/A
9B	Restrictions on Age Information in Job Applications: the Job Application Fairness Act ("JAFA")	05/29/2024	N/A
9C	Limits on Criminal History Screening of Applicants: Colorado Chance to Compete	12/08/2023	N/A
9D	Accessing Consumer Credit Information: The Colorado Employment Opportunity Act	12/27/2024	N/A
9E	Access to Personal Social Media: Colorado Social Media and the Workplace Law	12/27/2024	N/A
10	Who Is and Isn't an Employee	08/11/2025	¿Quién es y quién no es un “empleado” protegido por las leyes de normas laborales?
11A	Individual Liability under the Colorado Wage Act (CWA) and Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA)	08/07/2025	N/A
12	Summary: Requirements of the Agricultural Labor Rights & Responsibilities Act (ALRRA)	7/15/2025	N/A
12A	Overtime and Minimum Wage Obligations for Agricultural Employment	12/27/2024	N/A
12B	Agricultural Employee Rest Periods, Meal Periods, and Service Provider Access	7/15/2025	Períodos de descanso, períodos de comida y acceso a los proveedores de servicios para los empleados agrícolas
12C	Labor Conditions for Agricultural Work: Heat Protection; Short-Handled Tool & Hand-Weeding/Thinning Limits; Public Health Emergency Protections	05/20/2024	Condiciones Laborales para el Trabajo Agrícola: Protección del calor; Límites de uso de las herramientas de mango corto y de deshierbe/desahije manual; Protecciones de emergencia de salud pública
12D	Enforcement: Scope of Coverage; Notice of Rights; Protected Activity & Retaliation; Complaints & Remedies	12/27/2024	N/A
13	Prevailing Wage and Apprenticeship Program Requirements for Public Projects	04/30/2024	N/A
14	INFO #14 moved to 3E	N/A	N/A
15A	Labor Relations Rules and Procedures Under Colorado State Law	10/21/2022	N/A
15B	The Collective Bargaining by County Employees Act ("COBCA")	01/09/2025	N/A
15C	Speech and Organizing Rights for Government Employees under the Protections for Public Workers Act ("PROPWA")	12/27/2024	N/A
16	Deductions From, and Credits Towards, Employee Pay	7/15/2025	Deducciones y Créditos hacia el Pago del Empleado
17	#17 Moved to #3D	N/A	N/A
18	#18 moved to #2C	N/A	N/A
19	Local Government Authority to Set Local Minimum Wages	06/17/2025	N/A
20	Summary: Time Worked That Must Be Paid under Colorado Law	12/08/2023	N/A
20A	What Is and Isn’t “Time Worked” That Must Be Paid under Colorado Law	12/08/2023	N/A
20B	What’s Owed for “Time Worked” for Different Types of Pay, Hourly and Non-Hourly	12/08/2023	N/A
20C	What Travel Time and Sleep Time Is and Isn’t “Time Worked” That Must Be Paid	12/08/2023	N/A
21	Reporting Required by Supplemental Health-Care Staffing Agencies	03/28/25	N/A
22	Employment of Minors in Colorado	05/19/2025	N/A
23A	Delivery Network Companies (DNCs): Driver Rights and Labor Transparency	11/27/2024	N/A
23B	Transportation Network Companies (TNCs): Driver Rights and Labor Transparency	11/14/2025	N/A

KNOWLEDGEs

KNOWLEDGE #	KNOWLEDGE Topic	Last Updated	Arabic Version	Dari Version	French Version	Chinese Version	Spanish Version
1	Colorado Wage & Hour Rights for Workers	04/02/2025	معلومات العمل باللغة العربية.	معلومات کار به دری.	Information sur le travail en français	简体中文版的劳工信息。	Información laboral en español
2	Colorado Wage & Hour Rights for Direct Care Workers	07/01/2024	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
3	Colorado Wage & Hour Rights for Construction Workers	10/23/2023	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Derechos de Salarios y Horas de los Trabajadores de Construcción en Colorado
4	Colorado Wage & Hour Rights for Food and Beverage Workers	05/13/2024	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Other Published Guidance

Type	Title & Topics	Last Update
Report	2023 Local Minimum Wage Report	07/21/2023
Fact Sheet	Changes to Wage and Hour Enforcement under Colorado Senate Bill 22-161 (“SB161”)	12/22/2022
Report	2021 Local Minimum Wage Report	07/01/2021
Public Notice / Letter	Applicability to Remote Jobs of Equal Pay for Equal Work Act "Pay Transparency" Requirements	07/01/2021
Fact Sheet	Equal Pay for Equal Work Fact Sheet	01/01/2021
Public Notice / Letter	Minimum and Sub-Minimum Minimum Wages for Coloradans with Disabilities	12/14/2020
Public Notice / Letter	Opinion/Exemption Letters	06/14/2019

Labor Law Videos

The information in the following videos primarily applies to employees of private sector employers.

Wage Pay

Wage Pay Video Resources:

Wage Pay Video Transcript
Refer to NFO #1 Colorado Overtime & Minimum Pay Standards Order (COMPS Order) on the INFOs page for more information.

Break Times

Break Times Video Resources:

Break Times Video Transcript
Refer to INFO #4 Meal and Rest Periods on the INFOs page for more information.

Required Meal Breaks

Required Meal Breaks Video Resources:

Required Meal Break Video Transcript
Refer to INFO #4 Meal and Rest Periods on the INFOs page for more information.

Paid Sick Leave

Paid Sick Leave Video Resources:

Paid Sick Leave Video Transcript
Refer to INFOs #6-6C Paid Leave under Colorado’s Healthy Families & Workplaces Act (“HFWA”) on the INFOs page for more information.

Final Pay

Final Pay Video Resources:

Final Pay Video Transcript
Refer to INFOs #3 and 3A-3E on “Wages” and “Compensation” under Colorado Wage Law on the INFOs page for more information.

Overtime Pay

Overtime Pay Video Resources:

Overtime Pay Video Transcript
Refer to INFOs #1 Colorado Overtime & Minimum Pay Standards Order (COMPS Order) and #1A The Executive, Administrative, and Professional Exemptions from the COMPS Order on the INFOs page for more information.

Vacation Pay at Separation

Vacation Pay at Separation Video Resources:

Vacation Pay at Separation Video Transcript
Refer to INFO #3E Payment of Earned Vacation upon Separation of Employment on the INFOs page for more information.

What are Impermissible Deductions?

Impermissible Deductions Video Resources:

What are Impermissible Deductions Video Transcript
Refer to INFO #16 Deductions From, and Credits Toward, Employee Pay on the INFOs page for more information.

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