{"id":"DUT-CO-007","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Colorado","state":"CO","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Colorado General Assembly (Seventy-second General Assembly, Second Regular Session); signed by Governor Jared Polis","authority":"Colo. Const. art. V; enacted as C.R.S. title 8, art. 14.4","instrument":"House Bill 20-1415, Public Health Emergency Whistleblower Act (\u0027PHEW\u0027), C.R.S. § 8-14.4-101 et seq.","title":"Concerning a Worker\u0027s Rights in the Workplace for Conduct Related to a Principal\u0027s Actions During a Public Health Emergency, and, in Connection Therewith, Making an Appropriation","dateIssued":"2020-07-11","effective":"2020-07-11 (signed and effective; safety clause)","end":"standing","startDate":"2020-07-11","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMP"],"addressees":["employers (every \u0027principal\u0027, including those engaging independent contractors)"],"clause":"A principal shall not discriminate, take adverse action, or retaliate against any worker based on the worker, in good faith, raising any reasonable concern about workplace violations of government health or safety rules, or about an otherwise significant workplace threat to health or safety, related to a public health emergency","enforcement":"Administrative complaint to the Division of Labor Standards and Statistics and private civil action with reinstatement, back pay and other relief (art. 14.4; see Ex. DUT-CO-019 § 2 for the Division\u0027s enforcement authority under §§ 8-14.4-103, -105, -108)","functions":[],"notes":"From July 11, 2020 every Colorado employer (\u0027principal\u0027) was forbidden to retaliate against a worker who raised a concern about workplace violations of government health or safety rules or other significant pandemic-related threats, was forbidden to require agreements silencing such disclosures, and was required to allow workers to wear their own more-protective personal protective equipment recommended by a public health agency.","sourceUrl":"https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1415_signed.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":434546,"grade":"primary","character":"workplace_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-CO","url":"/library/DUT-CO-007","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-CO-007","citation":"Colorado General Assembly (Seventy-second General Assembly, Second Regular Session); signed by Governor Jared Polis, House Bill 20-1415, Public Health Emergency Whistleblower Act (\u0027PHEW\u0027), C.R.S. § 8-14.4-101 et seq. (standing) (Ex. DUT-CO-007)","stateName":"Colorado","related":["DUT-CO-019","DUT-CO-008"]}