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The 2023 Colorado legislative session closed on May 8, 2023, and in what is now an annual tradition, the General Assembly devoted considerable time during its 120-day session to debating employment-related bills, some quite ambitious in scope. The most sweeping proposed legislation failed—the so-called “fair workweek” scheduling restrictions—but the General Assembly did pass two significant laws about equal pay job postings and modification of the standard of proof for workplace harassment and records retention. It also passed two less significant laws that will impact your daily HR practices concerning paid sick leave and the disclosure of age-related information on job applications.
Governor Polis has either signed these bills into law or is expected to this week.
CO Equal Pay (SB 23-105): Job Postings Round II
One of the most significant employment laws passed in Colorado in the last few years was the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, which had two mandates. First, it established Colorado as the nation’s leader in enforcing equal pay requirements. Second, and controversially, it also mandated the disclosure of salary ranges and employee benefits in job postings, including for positions that may have only the possibility of a Colorado employee filling the position. Perhaps because of the national media attention that the second mandate generated, the General Assembly revisited the equal pay law and passed Senate Bill 23-105, the Ensure...
JAMMU: The family of a 26-year-old Christian man in Lahore has rejected allegations of blasphemy because of which he was arrested in August. The family has said that his arrest was baseless as the...