Colorado § 8-1-140 Violation - penalty

Colorado Statutes

§ 8-1-140 — Violation - penalty

Colorado § 8-1-140

Title 08Labor and

Art.Division of Labor Standards and Statistics -

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-1-140 (2026).

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(1)If an employer, employee, or any other person violates any provision of this article 1, or does any act prohibited thereby, or fails or refuses to perform any duty lawfully enjoined for which no penalty has been specifically provided, such employer, employee, or any other person commits a petty offense.

(2)If any employer, employee, or any other person fails, refuses, or neglects to perform any duty lawfully enjoined within the time prescribed by the director or fails, neglects, or refuses to obey any lawful order made by the director or any judgment or decree made by any court as provided in this article 1, for each such violation, the employer, employee, or any other person shall pay a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars for each day the violation, failure, neglec

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(1) If an employer, employee, or any other
person violates any provision of this article 1, or does any act prohibited thereby, or
fails or refuses to perform any duty lawfully enjoined for which no penalty has been
specifically provided, such employer, employee, or any other person commits a
petty offense.

(2) If any employer, employee, or any other person fails, refuses, or neglects
to perform any duty lawfully enjoined within the time prescribed by the director or
fails, neglects, or refuses to obey any lawful order made by the director or any
judgment or decree made by any court as provided in this article 1, for each such
violation, the employer, employee, or any other person shall pay a penalty of not
less than one hundred dollars for each day the violation, failure, neglect, or refusal
continues. The division shall transmit any penalty imposed and collected pursuant
to this section to the state treasurer, who shall credit the money to the wage theft
enforcement fund created in section 8-4-113 (3).

(3) In the case of a corporation, the violation of any of the provisions of this
article, including any violation fixed as a misdemeanor or other crime, is considered
a violation of the provisions of this article by all officers, agents, and
representatives of said corporation aiding, abetting, advising, encouraging,
participating, inciting, or acquiescing in such violation, and they are individually
guilty of such violation and subject to the fines, penalties, and punishments
provided in this article.

Legislative History

Source: L. 15: p. 585, � 44. L. 21: p. 843, � 16. C.L. � 4368. CSA: C. 97, � 46. CRS 53: � 80-1-44. C.R.S. 1963: � 80-1-44. L. 69: p. 589, � 56. L. 72: p. 607, � 114. L. 86: (2) amended, p. 467, � 16, effective July 1. L. 2021: (1) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3137, � 75, effective March 1, 2022. L. 2022: (2) amended, (SB 22-161), ch. 370, p. 2627, � 4, effective August 10.