Colorado § 8-6-111 Director to review report

Colorado Statutes

§ 8-6-111 — Director to review report

Colorado·Title 08 Labor and·Art. Minimum Wages of Workers

(1)Upon the receipt of a report from a wage board, the director shall review the same and may approve or disapprove any determination or recommit the subject to the same or a new wage board. If the director approves any of the determinations of the wage board, said director shall publish notice not less than once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which any business directly affected thereby is located, that he will, on a date and at a place named in said notice, hold a public meeting, at which all persons in favor of or opposed to said recommendations will be given a hearing.

(2)After publication of notice and the meeting, the director may issue an order to adopt the recommendations and carry them into effect and to

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(1) Upon the receipt of a report from a
wage board, the director shall review the same and may approve or disapprove any
determination or recommit the subject to the same or a new wage board. If the
director approves any of the determinations of the wage board, said director shall
publish notice not less than once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper
of general circulation published in the county in which any business directly
affected thereby is located, that he will, on a date and at a place named in said
notice, hold a public meeting, at which all persons in favor of or opposed to said
recommendations will be given a hearing.

(2) After publication of notice and the meeting, the director may issue an
order to adopt the recommendations and carry them into effect and to require all
employees in the occupation directly affected by the recommendations to preserve
and comply with the recommendations and order. The order becomes effective
thirty days after it is made. After the order is effective, it is unlawful for any
employer to violate or disregard any of the terms of the order or to employ any
worker in any occupation covered by the order at lower wages or under other
conditions than authorized or permitted by the order. The director shall, as far as is
practicable, mail a copy of any such order to every employer affected by the order,
and every employer affected by the order shall keep a copy of the order posted in a
conspicuous place in the employer's establishment. The order must include a notice
of the contents of sections 8-12-105 (3), 8-12-116, and 8-12-118.

(3) In case of an emergency the director may authorize or permit the
employment of any person for more hours per day or per week than the maximum
now fixed by law.

(4) Overtime, at a rate of one and one-half times the regular rate of pay, may
be permitted by the director under conditions and rules and for increased minimum
wages which the director, after investigation, determines and prescribes by order
and which shall apply equally to all employers in such industry or occupation.

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Legislative History

Source: L. 17: p. 386, � 11. C.L. � 4272. CSA: C. 97, � 246. CRS 53: � 80-9-10. C.R.S. 1963: � 80-7-10. L. 69: p. 607, � 93. L. 77: (2), (3), and (4) amended, p. 431, � 10, effective July 1. L. 86: (4) amended, p. 472, � 33, effective July 1. L. 2000: (2) amended, p. 1487, � 2, effective July 1. L. 2024: (2) amended, (HB 24-1095), ch. 378, p. 2567, � 6, effective January 1, 2025.