§ 24-114-102 — Retaliation prohibited

Colorado § 24-114-102

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 24: Government
• Art.: Private Enterprise Employee Protection

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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2)
of this section, no appointing authority or supervisor of a private enterprise under
contract with a state agency shall initiate or administer any disciplinary action
against any employee on account of the employee's disclosure of information
concerning said private enterprise. This section shall not apply to:

(a) An employee who discloses information that he knows to be false or who
discloses information with disregard for the truth or falsity thereof;

(b) An employee who discloses information which is confidential under any
other provision of law.

(2) It shall be the obligation of an employee who wishes to disclose
information under the protection of this article to make a good faith effort to
provide to his supervisor or appointing authority or to a member of the general
assembly the information to be disclosed prior to the time of its disclosure.

(3) An entity under contract with a state agency shall not initiate or
administer any disciplinary action against any employee on account of the
employee's disclosure of information to the fraud hotline administered by the state
auditor in accordance with section 2-3-110.5; except that this subsection (3) does
not apply to an employee who discloses information with disregard for the truth or
falsity of the information.

Legislative History

Source: L. 88: Entire article added, p. 989, � 1, effective April 22. L. 2017: (3) added, (HB 17-1223), ch. 243, p. 1004, � 4, effective August 9.