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Colorado Film Commission - Film and Commercial Production in Colorado
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Information on Colorado Labor Laws including provisions for Minimum Wage, Hiring of Unauthorized Workers, Unemployment Compensation Insurance Requirements, Workers Compensation and Youth Labor Laws, as well as contact information for various Colorado Labor Department Offices follow. Colorado Is A Modified Right to Work StateColorado has a modified right to work law. Colorado law is unique and provides a specific procedure for the conduct of elections when an all-union agreement is sought. If an employer is represented by a union under the National Labor Relations Act, then in order for employees to have an all-union agreement, at least 75% of employees voting in the election must agree to an all-union agreement. If the vote in favor of the all-union agreement is less than 75%, there can be no all-union agreement in the collective bargaining agreement, just as there would be none in a right to work state. The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment conducts the elections required by the statute. Minimum WageEmployees must be paid at least minimum rage for each hour they work. In November 2006, voters in Colorado approved minimum wage in Colorado to be raised to $6.85 per hour and adjusts it to inflation annually. Premium rate is to be paid after 12 hours daily or 40 hours weekly. The overtime premium rate is one and one-half times the employee's regular rate. Ø Colorado Department of Labor & Employment - Minimum Wage Fact Sheet Hiring of Unauthorized WorkersNew Colorado state law requires employers to document and affirm the legal work status of employees. Within 20 days after hiring a new employee, employers in Colorado are required to examine the legal work status of the newly hired employee and retain proper copies of documentation proving that the employee's identification documents have not been altered or falsified and that the employer has not knowingly hired an unauthorized worker. Ø Colorado Department of Labor & Employment - Employment Verification Requirements Unemployment Compensation Insurance RequirementsAny business that paid wages of at least $1500 in a calendar quarter during the prior or current calendar year or any business that employed at least one person for any part of a day in 20 weeks during the prior or current calendar year must register with the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment to be assigned an Unemployment Insurance Tax Employer Account Number and receive an initial tax rate assignment. Employers are also required to file quarterly Tax and Wage Reports as well as make payments for taxes due. Ø Colorado Unemployment Insurance Requirements
Workers CompensationAll employers in Colorado, with limited exceptions, must provide workers' compensation coverage for their employees if one or more full or part-time persons are employed. Workers compensation insurance covers employee medical expenses due to work-related injury and illness, a portion of lost wages due to temporary or permanent disability, basic rehabilitative services and spousal death benefits. Ø Colorado Department of Labor & Employment - Division of Workers' Compensation
Youth Labor LawsAny minor employed in Colorado as an actor, model, or performer is exempt from the provisions of Colorado Department of Labor and Employment Youth Employment Laws and US Department of Labor's - Fair Labor Standards Act. Ø Colorado Department of Labor & Employment - Youth Employment Opportunity Act
Colorado Department of Labor and Employment1515 Arapahoe Street, T2/400
Division of Workers Compensation633 17th Street, Suite 400
Workforce Development Programs1515 Arapahoe Street, T2/400
Colorado Department of Revenue1375 Sherman Street, Room 409
Colorado Civil Rights Division1560 Broadway, Room 1550
Department of Regulatory Agencies1560 Broadway, Suite 1550
Governor's Office of Business Development1625 Broadway, Suite 1710
Labor Standards/Labor Relations Unit1515 Arapahoe Street, T2/375
Unemployment Insurance Benefits251 East 12th Avenue
Division of Employment and Training1515 Arapahoe Street, T2/400
Labor Market Information1515 Arapahoe Street, T2/300
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