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For the Record I bet you’d love to have a great job with great benefits working remotely in Summit County. Our state government thought it would be a great idea if you had a level playing field when you apply for that job. The Colorado Legislature passed the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act , which requires employers to disclose the salary range for a job. The law is intended to diminish discrimination. Turns out some employers think the law is a good reason to discriminate against all Coloradans. Instead of saying, “Hey, that’s a good idea!” They’re saying this job is open to everyone ...

ADVERTISEMENT Colo., Biz Group Spar Over Equal Pay Law's Interstate Impact Law360 (May 18, 2021, 7:44 PM EDT) -- The state of Colorado and a recruiters trade association exchanged legal blows in federal court filings Monday in the latest round of a fight over whether parts of a state equal pay law are unconstitutional because they interfere with interstate commerce. In a brief, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment defended the state's Equal Pay for Equal Work Act against the Rocky Mountain Association of Recruiters' attempt to immediately block implementation of the law, which wen...

all current, Colorado-based employees of all company promotional opportunities, with limited exceptions discussed below. Relevant regulations define a promotional opportunity as “when an employer has or anticipates a vacancy in an existing or new position that could be considered a promotion for one or more employees in terms of compensation, benefits, status, duties, or access to further advancement.” Promotional opportunities must be announced simultaneously to all Colorado employees (to prevent advance notice given to select employees) and prior to making any job decision. Significan...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, SB19-085 (the Equal Pay Act), went into effect on January 1, 2021. Colorado’s new law follows a string of laws in other states seeking to expand the protections related to equal pay, including widening the scope of employees who are covered and narrowing the affirmative defenses for employers. However, Colorado’s law pushes the pay equity landscape into fairly new territory by requiring that employers (1) detail compensation and benefits information with each job posting and (2) post al...

Amidst all of the promises and actions taken by the Biden Administration, the topic of pay equity is gaining more and more attention. While there has been growing momentum on the issue...