On June 2, 2023, Governor Jared Polis signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 23-017, which expands the qualifying reasons an employee may take leave under the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA)....more
The end of the public health emergency means welcome changes for Colorado employers when it comes to complying with the paid leave requirements of the state’s Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA). Under the HFWA,...more
Gov. Jared Polis’ decision not to extend Colorado’s COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) means welcome changes for employers when it comes to complying with the paid leave requirements of the state’s Healthy Families and...more
The Department of Health and Human Services renewed the public health emergency (“PHE”) determination on April 12, 2022. The 90-day renewal took effect on April 16, 2022, and if not renewed again, will expire in mid-July. ...more
The new Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, which requires employers to provide paid sick leave to employees under certain circumstances, was signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis (D) on July 14 and took effect at the...more
On July 14, 2020, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed two bills requiring Colorado employers to take immediate action: the Healthy Families and Workspaces Act (HFWA) and the Public Health Emergency Whistleblower (PHEW) law....more
During the COVID-19 pandemic, both the federal and Colorado state governments used some form of paid sick leave as a tool to help employees through illness, medical treatments, and school and daycare shutdowns. Now, paid sick...more
On July 14, 2020, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed into law the Healthy Family and Workplaces Act passed by the Colorado General Assembly during its recently concluded legislative session in June 2020. The new law...more
Colorado Governor Jared Polis is expected to sign the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA), Senate Bill 20-205, which will immediately make all Colorado employers, excluding the federal government, subject to the...more
On the heels of Colorado Governor Jared Polis’ “Safer-At-Home,” Order designed to begin the opening of the Colorado economy, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment amended the Colorado Health Emergency Leave With Pay...more
Many Colorado employers will need to immediately provide paid sick leave to certain workers as a response to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. As part of Governor Jared Polis’s March 10 State of Disaster Emergency...more