Colorado Voters Approved Paid Leave Last Year, But A New Lawsuit From A Grand Junction Company Says It's Unconstitutional
Bryan Oller/KRCC News Ben Hellen collects ballots at the Citizen Service Center on Garden of the Gods Road in the northwest part of Colorado Springs on Election Day 2020. Colorado’s Paid Family and Medical Leave Program, which voters approved in 2020, is facing a legal challenge that aims to invalidate the program before it starts. The conservative non-profit, the Public Trust Institute, filed a lawsuit in Denver District Court alleging that the policy is unconstitutional because the fee workers and employers must pay to fund it is not applied evenly. “This is just an income tax by anot...