In industries such as restaurant, retail and construction, it’s known as “show-up time:” An employee shows up to work as scheduled, but is sent home because there isn’t enough work that day.
The employee only gets paid for actual time worked, and if sent home, that can be a day’s pay lost.
A measure expected to be introduced imminently in the state House, backed by some of the General Assembly's most progressive Democratic lawmakers, would require almost every food and beverage or retail business in the state to pay those employees "predictability pay" when they are sent home and don't work the scheduled hours.
Loren Furman, president of the Colorado Chamber of Commerce said the bill raises big concerns for her members.
According to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, state wage laws currently do not require an employer pay an employee for "show-up time."
Employers are only required to pay employees for actual time worked, services rendered, or the time during which the employee was permitted to work. Wage laws also do not require employers to provide a certain amount of hours of work. If an hourly employee, for example, "shows up as scheduled for an 8-hour shift, only works for one hour and is then immediately sent home as directed by the employer, the employee is only owed for the one hour of actual work," CDLE says.
The "Fair Workweek Employment Standards" bill intends to address that issue. It's sponsored by Denver Democratic Rep. Emily Sirota and Sen....
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