C-Level Law

On May 17, 2024, Colorado Governor Jared Polis vetoed House Bill 24-1260, “Prohibition Against Employee Discipline.” 

Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) is rapidly becoming an important part of everyday life, especially in business. While it can be very useful, AI does pose certain risks. Legislatures across the country have been considering legislation to regulate AI.

On May 17, 2024, Colorado Governor Jared Polis vetoed House Bill 24-1008, “Wage Claims Construction Industry Contractors.”  The bill applied only to the construction industry and went far beyond the usual remedies for failure to pay wages (such as penalizing employers who fail to pay their employees and awarding prevailing employees their attorneys’ fees).

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), which became law in June of 2023, requires employers with 15 or more employees to make reasonable accommodations for pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions unless the accommodations impose an undue hardship on the employer. 

On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) voted 3-2 to implement a final rule that will ban almost all current noncompete agreements and all future noncompete agreements.  

On April 17, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion holding that a mandatory job transfer can be discriminatory under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the primary federal employment anti-discrimination law, even if the transfer does not reduce pay or benefits. 

In many states, employees have a right to review their personnel files. In other states, they do not. Where does Colorado stand?

With the change of a Presidential administration, there are always changes in policies. This is particularly so when the change involves a different political party and especially in the present contentious environment. 

On January 1, 2024, Colorado’s new family and medical leave law, known as “FAMLI,” went into effect.

In the 2023 Colorado legislative session, the Colorado Legislature passed, and the Governor signed, a number of new workplace laws. In addition, a number of existing laws were amended in significant ways. On September 30, 2023, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) proposed changes to several rules to address the statutory changes.