§ 30-2-104 — Compensation of deputies and assistants

Colorado § 30-2-104

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 30: Government
• Art.: Compensation of County Officers

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(1) (a) The county
clerk and recorders, county treasurers, county assessors, county coroners, and
surveyors of the respective counties may appoint such deputies, assistants, and
employees as shall be necessary at the compensation, payable at least once each
month, as fixed by the officers with the approval of the boards of county
commissioners of their respective counties. Except for those employees provided
for pursuant to article 1 of title 26, C.R.S., boards of county commissioners may
adopt a classification and compensation plan for all county employees paid in
whole or in part by the county. The classification and compensation plan shall
include workweek formulas of not less than forty hours designed to satisfy the
varying requirements of each county service and county department as provided in
paragraph (b) of this subsection (1). Upon acceptance by an elected official, the plan
shall become binding upon the employees of that office. Changes in benefits, pay
grades, and job classifications of employees shall thereafter be made in
accordance with the plan.

(b) (I) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, workweek
formulas shall take into account the various services provided by the county, the
operation of the various county departments, and the demands which such services
and operations have in requiring employees to be on the job in a manner which is
not in conformity with the basic forty-hour workweek which generally characterizes
office work.

(II) Such workweek formulas may provide for work time in excess of forty
hours during consecutive seven-day calendar periods. In such cases, computation
of forty-hour pay periods may be based on an averaging formula covering more
than such seven-day calendar period.

(III) Authorized overtime work shall relate to such averaged workweeks
where determined in the classification and compensation plan applicable to a
described department or service.

(IV) All employees who work overtime pursuant to any classification and
compensation plan shall receive overtime compensation, either in cash or in
compensatory time.

(2) In the event litigation is instituted relating to compensation or
classification, the burden of proof shall be upon the plaintiff or the elected official
instituting such action. Costs of any litigation instituted by an elected official shall
be paid out of the county general fund.

Legislative History

Source: L. 45: p. 336, � 9. CSA: C. 66, � 58(9). CRS 53: � 56-2-10. C.R.S. 1963: � 56-2-10. L. 73: p. 629, � 1. L. 79: (1) amended, p. 1134, � 1, effective April 25. L. 81: (1)(a) amended, p. 1425, � 1, effective May 6. L. 84: (1)(a) amended, p. 582, � 3, effective March 19. L. 2003: (1)(a) amended, p. 806, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2006: (1)(a) amended, p. 449, � 3, effective August 7.