Colorado is an at-will employment state meaning that barring a contract stipulating otherwise, an employer or employee can terminate the employment without notice. While this can be difficult and uncomfortable, the law is clear about it. Still, there can be disputes...
wage and hour claims
Understanding the rules for mandatory payment of overtime
Both federal and state law provide many protections for workers. One of the most important of such protections is the employer’s obligation to pay overtime if the employee works more than 40 hours in a standard work week. Both federal and state law contain a number of...
Why would I not want to sign a severance agreement?
While getting let go from a job is never pleasant, the silver lining is that many employers in Colorado are now offering severance agreements rather than simply turning their employees out the door. Ideally, severance agreements benefit both parties. A former employee...
Representing employees in misclassification cases
A previous post on this blog reported that new federal standards governing who can and cannot be classified as a salaried employee exempt from overtime and other wage rules are promising to change the landscape of workplaces both in Colorado and throughout the...
New federal overtime rules finalized
After a protracted battle that included a lawsuit against the former Administration, the United States Department of Labor finalized new overtime rules. These new rules will mean that 1.3 million employees will either be getting raises or will start drawing overtime...
We work to make sure Colorado employees get overtime pay
It seems like a pretty basic idea that employees in this state should get paid what the state's laws say they are owed. For instance, Colorado has a minimum wage law, an workers should get paid at least that wage for the time that they are doing work for their...
Workers may be entitled to their vacation pay
Employers in Colorado do not have to offer paid vacation time to their employees at all. However, should they extend this benefit to their employees, workers need to remember that they may be entitled to compensation for their unused but earned vacation time. Under...
You cannot be forced to work off the clock
A previous post here discussed how a major corporation in the Denver area has been accused of violating wage and hour laws. The post explained that the corporation had been accused of giving its employees too much work to do in order to effectively force them into...
Major corporation accused of violating overtime laws
DaVita, a large corporation based in Denver, is facing almost 40 lawsuits alleging that the company violated wage and hour laws. The lawsuits are pending before a federal court. According to reports, managers at the company were encouraged to violate wage and hour...
Proposed rule will give overtime protection to more workers
The United States Department of Labor has proposed raising the threshold that certain employees must earn before they can qualify for an exemption from mandatory overtime. Whether an employee is exempt or not is a huge question both for employees and employers in the...
