Note: This is the second in a series of client alerts outlining recent changes to Colorado’s employment laws, most of which take effect Aug. 10.
The Colorado legislature recently approved significant changes to the state’s employment discrimination laws enshrined in the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (“CADA”). The modifying legislation, titled “Updates to Employment Discrimination Laws” (HB 22-1367), extends the time within which a worker may allege a violation of CADA, expands CADA’s protections to domestic workers and expands remedies available to employees who allege they have suffered age discrimination. Employers should become familiar with these changes and work with counsel to identify how they could impact their employment practices.
CADA prohibits discrimination in the workplace based on protected class, which includes disability, race, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, national origin, ancestry and pregnancy. Below is a summary of the most important changes to CADA that all Colorado employers and employees should know.
Extension of Time to File a Discrimination Charge
HB 22-1367 extends the time to file a charge with the Colorado Civil Rights Division (“CCRD”). Currently, an employee must file a charge of discrimination within 180 days of the alleged violation. After HB 22-1367’s passage, an employee now has 300 days, nearly an entire year, to file a charge. This change aligns Colorado with federal employment...
Attorneys for three friends of Nolan Xavier Wells filed six more defamation lawsuits Tuesday in federal and state court, accusing social media users of making false claims about the young men in co...