wage theft
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Denver court rules strip club entertainers are employees
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A Denver District Court ruled last week that strip club entertainers are employees and have protections under the City’s wage and employment laws. The ruling upholds a hearing officer’s earlier determinations involving an investigation by the office of City Auditor Timothy O’Brien into multiple Denver strip clubs, according to a statement released by his office…
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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 rules employers cannot deduct their own business costs from employee wages
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Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday that employers cannot deduct from employees’ wages any costs that are “inherent in the job,” and any work agreements allowing for such an arrangement are unlawful. In the case at hand, Elora Buenger worked as a cosmetologist for 303 Beauty Bar LLC, also known as 303 Salon Lohi. She…
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Colorado Supreme Court takes up 6 cases on involuntary intoxication, malicious prosecution, child neglect trials
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The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday it will hear appeals in six cases, including the question of whether a person can claim he knowingly ingested one substance that was secretly laced with another behavior-altering substance as a defense to criminal charges. At least three of the court’s seven members must agree to grant an…
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Denver auditor gains power for wage theft protections
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The Denver City Council on Monday unanimously voted to improve the city auditor’s power to investigate wage theft cases. In other action, a councilwoman from one of Denver’s most diverse council districts voted against a pair of bills that would provide money for sheltering illegal immigrants in Denver. The “wage protection bill,” passed more than…
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Denver auditor gains power for wage theft protections
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The Denver City Council on Monday unanimously voted to improve the city auditor’s power to investigate wage theft cases. In other action, a councilwoman from one of Denver’s most diverse council districts voted against a pair of bills that would provide money for sheltering illegal immigrants in Denver. The “wage protection bill,” passed more than…
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10th Circuit rejects attempt to block Vail Resorts from settling wage claims
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The federal appeals court based in Denver has declined to let three Vail Resorts employees block the ski conglomerate from finalizing a $13 million settlement over alleged wage violations. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit’s decision on Tuesday replaced a previous order from June. Initially, a three-judge panel believed the plaintiffs’ appeal…
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Colorado appeals court clarifies meaning of ‘tips,’ ‘sales employee’ in wage theft case
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Recognizing the terms were not defined in state law, Colorado’s second-highest court last month clarified that “tips” and “gratuities” are payments voluntarily given by customers beyond the cost of a service, and that a worker whose job is to serve food and beverages is not a “sales employee.” The immediate consequence of the Court of…
