minimum wage
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Colorado justices decide shorter timeline applies to lawsuits alleging minimum wage violations
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The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that plaintiffs alleging their employer violated the state’s minimum wage law have up to three years to file a lawsuit and not, as the appeals court believed, six years. With Colorado’s Minimum Wage Act silent on the subject, the justices were confronted with two options: Justice Maria E.…
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Colorado Supreme Court weighs time to sue for minimum wage violations in absence of directive
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With the state’s minimum wage law silent on the subject, the Colorado Supreme Court attempted to figure out on Tuesday how much time workers have to file claims against their employers. There were seemingly two options: Up to three years from the violation, as is the case for claims under the neighboring Colorado Wage Claim Act;…
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Appeals court finds longer window applies for claiming violations under minimum wage law
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Resolving an issue that has generated disagreement among federal judges, Colorado’s second-highest court concluded that alleged violations of the state’s minimum wage law are subject to a six-year window for filing a claim and not the much shorter window that applies to other types of wage complaints. By 2-1, a three-judge panel of the Court…
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Minimum wage to increase in January to $13.65 for hourly workers
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The state’s minimum wage will increase by more than a dollar beginning in January. The current minimum wage for hourly workers is $12.56. On Jan. 1, it will increase to $13.65 per hour. The increase is tied to two ballot measures approved by voters. The first, a statutory measure in 2006, raised the state minimum…
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Colorado legislature raises minimum wage in nursing homes to $15 per hour
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Nursing home workers may soon be paid at least $15 per hour under a state-funded minimum wage increase approved by the Colorado legislature. The state Senate passed House Bill 1333 in a 27-7 vote Thursday, following the House of Representatives’ 49-16 vote last month. The bill will now be sent to Gov. Jared Polis for…
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10th Circuit blocks Biden minimum wage rule for outdoor recreation companies
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The federal appeals court based in Denver has temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s directive requiring a minimum hourly wage of $15 for outdoor recreation companies operating on public lands. The rule from the U.S. Department of Labor took effect on Jan. 30 and requires organizations with federal contracts or “contract-like” agreements to pay their workers…
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Federal judge declines to intervene in Biden minimum wage rule for seasonal river guides
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A federal judge in Colorado refused to block a Biden administration regulation increasing the minimum wage for federal contractors, including seasonal river guides who operate on public land. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Philip A. Brimmer rejected a request from Arkansas Valley Adventures’ owner, Duke Bradford, to declare that President Joe Biden exceeded his authority.…
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King Soopers strike imminent after ‘last, best and final offer’
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With United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 union representatives rejecting King Soopers/City Market’s “last, best and final offer” Tuesday, it looks as though picket lines in metro Denver stores will materialize at 5 a.m. Wednesday. More than 8,700 workers at 78 Denver metro area stores plan to walk out Wednesday morning. Colorado Springs stores…
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Colorado minimum wage to increase Jan. 1
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Colorado’s hourly minimum wage will increase from $12.32 per hour to $12.56 per hour on Jan. 1, 2022, the result of voter approval of Amendment 70 in 2016. At that time, the state’s minimum wage was $8.31 per hour. Tipped wages, which started at $5.29 per hour prior to passage of Amendment 70, will increase…
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Denver’s minimum wage to increase to $15.87 on Jan. 1
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Denver’s next citywide minimum wage increase is scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, raising the minimum wage from $14.77 to $15.87 per hour. This will be the third time the city’s minimum wage has increased since the City Council passed its local minimum wage ordinance in November 2019. When the ordinance passed, the city’s…
