Employment Law Archives - Colorado Attorneys

Ongoing Federal Challenges to Non-Compete Covenants Pose Minimal Impact on Colorado Employment

November 13, 2024September 19, 2024 by Blake Gabriel

Co-Author: Britney Beall-Eder In early 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) unveiled a groundbreaking proposal to ban most traditional non-compete clauses in employment contracts across the United States. This initiative was part of a broader strategy to enhance economic mobility by removing barriers that inhibit workers from pursuing new employment opportunities, thereby promoting competition, innovation, … Continue Reading

Changes to Colorado’s Non-Compete Covenant Statute

September 27, 2024April 10, 2023 by Britney Beall-Eder

Following Passage of the Restrictive Employments Agreement Act Last year, the Colorado legislature significantly revamped the state’s noncompetition and restrictive covenants statute. On August 10, 2022, the Restrictive Employments Agreement Act (the “Act”) became effective, implementing substantial changes to § 8-2-113, C.R.S., which statute encompasses Colorado’s restrictive covenant prohibitions. The Act has broad sweeping changes … Continue Reading

Employer Alert: Comply with new laws that go into effect January 1, 2021

March 12, 2021December 22, 2020 by Cinthia Manzano

Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act and Healthy Families and Workplaces Act go into effect January 1, 2021.

New Law for the Promotion of Equal Pay

June 6, 2022September 24, 2019 by Damien Zumbrennen

In an effort to bolster the state’s pay-equity regulations, the Colorado legislature passed Senate Bill 19-085, entitled the “Equal Pay for Equal Work Act.” The Act, which takes effect on January 1, 2021, will impose a host of new regulations upon employers and make it easier for aggrieved employees to access the courts.

Can an Employer Rescind a Job Offer after an Employee Tests Positive for Marijuana?

May 7, 2020May 21, 2019 by Damien Zumbrennen

Marijuana and Employment Following the passage of Colorado’s Amendment 64 in 2012, employers and employees have faced a multitude of challenges and issues relating to the consumption and possession of marijuana by employees. One question that frequently arises is whether an employer may rescind an offer of employment based upon a prospective employee’s positive test … Continue Reading

Wrongful Termination and At-Will Employment in Colorado

May 7, 2020December 18, 2018 by Damien Zumbrennen

The Correct meaning of “At-Will Employment” and “Wrongful Discharge” In Colorado, the “at will” employment doctrine means that – as a general rule – an employer may terminate a worker’s employment for any reason or no reason at all without facing any liability to the employee. While this may seem harsh, the at will employment … Continue Reading

Noncompete Agreements and the Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine

May 8, 2020December 15, 2017 by Damien Zumbrennen

The Use of the Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine to “Backdoor” a Noncompete Agreement in Colorado. Noncompete agreements in Colorado are generally disfavored. In fact, pursuant to statute, noncompete agreements are only supposed to be enforceable in a few limited circumstances. Specifically, noncompete agreements are supposed to be void ab initio (a fancy way of saying void … Continue Reading

Documentation of Employee Discipline

May 8, 2020November 15, 2015 by Damien Zumbrennen

Boring but True: Four Rules on the Documentation of Employee Discipline Few things are less flashy than the process of creating a detailed personnel file including reports on disciplinary action taken against an employee. This is especially true when the documents and reports sometimes disappear forever into a filing cabinet or drawer, never to be … Continue Reading

Can an Employee be Fired for Using Marijuana?

May 8, 2020November 1, 2015 by Damien Zumbrennen

On November 6, 2012, Colorado voters approved Amendment 64, which made it legal under state law for those over age 21 to possess, use, manufacture, and commercially sell marijuana. Amendment 64 was codified in Article XVIII, Section 16 of the state constitution. However, marijuana remains illegal as a “schedule 1” controlled substance under the federal … Continue Reading

What Does it mean to Work in a Hostile Work Environment?

May 16, 2024May 1, 2014 by Jordan J. Bunch

I don’t think that a single TV show about lawyers exists that has not had at least one episode dedicated to sexual harassment. It’s such a juicy sounding topic that shows from Boston Legal to the Good Wife just can’t resist. The result is that most people are familiar with this terms “sexual harassment” and … Continue Reading

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