Colorado § 24-33.5-826 Qualified volunteers - leave of absence - private employees

Colorado Statutes

§ 24-33.5-826 — Qualified volunteers - leave of absence - private employees

Colorado § 24-33.5-826

Title 24Government

Art.Public Safety

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-33.5-826 (2026).

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(1)Any qualified volunteer who is employed by a private employer and who is called into service by a volunteer organization for a disaster is entitled to a leave of absence from the qualified volunteer's employment, other than employment of a temporary nature, for the time when the qualified volunteer is serving. The leave allowed for a qualified volunteer pursuant to this section shall not exceed a total of fifteen workdays in any calendar year, and the leave shall be allowed only if the volunteer is called into service for a disaster and provides proof that he or she is a qualified volunteer pursuant to section 24-33.5-824 (2).

(2)The leave of absence allowed pursuant to this section shall be construed as an absence with leave and without pay and shall not affect the qualified

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(1) Any qualified volunteer who is employed by a private employer and who is called
into service by a volunteer organization for a disaster is entitled to a leave of
absence from the qualified volunteer's employment, other than employment of a
temporary nature, for the time when the qualified volunteer is serving. The leave
allowed for a qualified volunteer pursuant to this section shall not exceed a total of
fifteen workdays in any calendar year, and the leave shall be allowed only if the
volunteer is called into service for a disaster and provides proof that he or she is a
qualified volunteer pursuant to section 24-33.5-824 (2).

(2) The leave of absence allowed pursuant to this section shall be construed
as an absence with leave and without pay and shall not affect the qualified
volunteer's rights to vacation, sick leave, bonus, advancement, or other employment
benefits or advantages relating to and normally to be expected for the qualified
volunteer's particular employment.

(3) The leave of absence pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be
allowed only if the qualified volunteer returns to his or her employment as soon as
practicable after being relieved from emergency volunteer service.

(4) The employer of a qualified volunteer who takes a leave of absence from
employment to engage in emergency volunteer service shall, upon the qualified
volunteer's completion of the emergency volunteer service, restore the qualified
volunteer to the position the volunteer held prior to the leave of absence or to a
similar position.

(5) Notwithstanding this section, an employer shall not be required to
provide leave pursuant to this section to more than twenty percent of the
employer's employees on any workday.

(6) Notwithstanding this section, an employer shall not be required to allow
leave pursuant to this section for any employee designated as an essential
employee. For the purposes of this subsection (6), essential employee means an
employee who the employer deems to be essential to the operation of the
employer's daily enterprise, whose absence would likely cause the employer to
suffer economic injury, or whose duties include assisting in disaster recovery for
the employer.