Colorado employers are likely familiar with the INFO sheets published by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (“CDLE”). These INFOs serve as a guide to the CDLE’s interpretation of applicable employment and labor laws. But did you know these INFOs are regularly updated with no fanfare or notice, leaving employers who aren’t regularly checking the INFO page out of the loop and potentially caught unaware should a CDLE investigation commence?

In fact, there have been dozens of changes and additions over the past several months, including to INFO sheets that savvy employers have been using to structure policies and procedures since they were first rolled out. Here's a summary of recent updates to INFOs implemented over the summer you may have missed.

• As promised in the previous version of INFO #2, the CDLE has updated its INFO sheets on the Wage Claim investigation process, transforming a single summary sheet into five separate INFO sheets: one high-level overview sheet, one focusing on the wage claim process, one focusing on penalties and fines, another on the appeals process, and the last on the enforcement process. These new INFOs (#2A, 2B, 2C, and 2D) provide more detailed information on how wage and hour investigations are conducted, what fines and penalties the employer may face, if they are determined to be liable, and how to navigate appeals and enforcement actions.
• INFO #2C, in addition to covering all the same information previously located in INFO #18,...

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