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Be Aware of Technology-Related Legal Risks Amid COVID-19. Temperature scanning devices, social distancing monitoring apparatus wearable devices, surveillance cameras, and kiosks are only a few of the new systems that have been designed to slow the spread of COVID-19 and provide employers with solutions for dealing with new workplace challenges during the pandemic. Employers are advised to keep in mind that these systems and devices may raise privacy concerns under the ADA. For example, temperat...

February 18, 2021 Effective January 1, 2021, Colorado employers must take steps to comply with the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (“EPEWA” or the “Act”). This new law prohibits all employers in the State from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex, including gender identity, or sex in combination with another protected status (i.e., disability, race, creed, color, sexual orientation, religion, age, national origin, or ancestry) by paying employees of different sexes differen...

The federal minimum wage has stood at $7.25 per hour since 2009. “It’s outdated,” said economist Tatiana Bailey, director of the UCCS Economic Forum in the College of Business. “Who lives on that?” Although Bailey thinks an increase in the minimum wage is overdue, she and many business owners think the costs and consequences of a raise would be too great to enact it right now. A minimum wage proposal is part of the federal stimulus package being considered in the U.S. C...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Along with a host of other laws across the country,[1] Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (“Act”) went into effect on January 1, 2021. Among other measures, the Act requires all employers— located anywhere in the United States—with at least one employee in Colorado to (i) provide Colorado-based employees with formal notice of internal opportunities for promotion[2] on the same calendar day the opening occurs, and (ii) d...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: While state legislatures focused much-needed attention on pandemic-related legislation throughout most of 2020, many continued to alter their employment laws in significant ways, or simply had previously passed laws scheduled to take effect at the start of 2021. Some of the most prominent trends at the state and local level include creating or expanding paid leave benefits, pay equity, and anti-discrimination rules; restricting crimin...

Since Colorado enacted the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (EPEWA), many have wondered what obligations employers would incur beginning in January 2021. In particular, the Act’s mandate...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Undeniably, 2020 was a year like no other. Faced with a global pandemic and a tumultuous election, employers were presented with a unique set of challenges and a myriad of new—and at times, very vague—laws and regulations. Despite the start of a new year and a new administration in just a week, much of 2020 still lingers on, including some of its novel policies. However, the new year and new administration also signal a shift in d...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Employers with at least one employee in Colorado should remember that they are now required to comply with the pay transparency and promotion transparency requirements of the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, which took effect January 1, 2021.  The governing regulations can be found at 7 CCR 1103-13.  In addition, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (“CDLE”) has issued Interpretive Notice & Formal INFO #9 (“IN...

New legislation prompts changes in HR/OEO policies and practices at CSU 06 Jan, 2021 Healthy Families and Workplaces Act Senate Bill 20-205, the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, was signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis last summer. It extends and expands the paid sick leave offered in the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which expired on Dec. 31. Under the new Colorado law, hourly employees who don’t currently accrue sick leave — including student workers — will ear...

EPT Rules). The EPT Rules, along with a Statement of Basis, Purpose, Specific Statutory Authority, and Findings, were issued on November 10, 2020. Some of these new requirements have been vague, while others have been potentially contradictory. The latest INFO may cement Colorado as the most aggressive state in the nation on pay transparency. The EPT Rules, the Statement of Basis, and INFO #9 mandates the following for employers: 1.  Requirement to Post Promotional Opportunities. An employer...