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Statement of Basis, Purpose, Specific Statutory Authority, and Findings, Colorado Whistleblower, Anti-Retaliation, Non-Interference, and Notice-Giving Rules ('Colorado WARNING Rules'), 7 CCR 1103-11, as proposed Sept. 25, 2020

Statement of Basis, Purpose, Specific Statutory Authority, and Findings: Colorado WARNING Rules, 7 CCR 1103-11 (as proposed September 25, 2020)

Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Labor Standards and Statistics (Director) · Colorado (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Colorado
Level
State
Authority
C.R.S. § 24-4-103; §§ 8-1-101, -103, -107, -108, -111, -116, -117, -130; 8-13.3-403, -407 to -410; 8-14.4-103, -105, -108
Issued
2020-09-25 Sept. 25, 2020
End
n/a (superseded by the final statement at adoption) (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Jan. 1, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Workplace rulesStanding duty
Addressees
  • employers
Character
workplace duty
Collection
Standing duties: Colorado DUT-CO

Operative words

These Colorado Whistleblower, Anti-Retaliation, Non-Interference, and Notice-Giving Rules ("Colorado WARNING Rules") implement and enforce multiple recent and/or imminently effective additions and changes to labor standards law in C.R.S. Title 8, including but not limited to the Public Health Emergency Whistleblower Act ("PHEW"), C.R.S. § 8-14.4-101, et seq. (effective July 11, 2020)

Penalty

Division enforcement: reinstatement, lost pay, penalties and fines (as described in Part 4(A) of the statement)

What it required

The Division's own record that PHEW (effective July 11, 2020) and HFWA (effective July 14, 2020) charged it with enforcing employer duties beyond wage payment: 'investigating circumstances of and motivations for employee terminations, to determine whether they trace to unlawful retaliation or interference with rights; ordering reinstatement of such workers found to be unlawfully terminated; awarding lost pay'.

Retrieval note

The document describes itself as the statement 'as proposed September 25, 2020; to be followed and replaced by a final Statement at the conclusion of the rulemaking process.' Footnote 1 describes HFWA as 'enacted and effective July 14, 2020: requiring employers to provide paid sick days; prohibiting interference with or retaliation for exercising HFWA rights; and requiring written notice of HFWA rights'. The Secretary of State's registry (returned server errors during this retrieval) lists later versions of 7 CCR 1103-11 (adopted Nov. 10, 2022, eff. Jan. 1, 2023; adopted Dec. 8, 2025, eff. Feb. 1, 2026). Filed here as the Division's contemporaneous statement of the workplace duties; the rule text itself is procedural.

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