7 CCR 1103-7-1 - [Effective until 4/1/2024] Statement of Purpose and Authority

1.1 The general purpose of these Wage Protection Rules (Rules) is to implement labor laws within the jurisdiction of the Division, including but not limited to the Colorado Wage Act (CWA) as amended by the Wage Protection Act (WPA) of 2014, C.R.S. § 8-4-101 et seq., the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA) of 2020, C.R.S. § 8-13.3-401 et seq., and the Agricultural Labor Rights and Responsibilities Act, as codified in relevant part at C.R.S. §§ 8-6-101.5, 8 -6120, and 8-13.5-201 et seq. These rules are adopted pursuant to the Division's authority to adopt and amend rules and regulations to enforce, execute, apply, and interpret Articles 1, 2, 4, 6, 13.3, and 13.5 of Title 8, C.R.S. (2023), and all rules, regulations, investigations, and other proceedings of any kind thereunder, by the Administrative Procedure Act, C.R.S. § 24-4-103, and provisions of Articles 1, 2, 4, 6, 13.3, and 13.5, including but not limited to §§ 8-1-101, 103, 107, 108, 111, 130; §§ 8-4-111, -113; §§ 8-6-102, 104, 105, 106, 108, 109, 111, 116, 117, 120; § 8-12-115; §§ 8-13.3-401, 403 -405, 407-411, 416; and §§ 8-13.5-202, 203, 204.

1.2 Incorporation by Reference. Title 8, Articles 1, 2, 4, 6, 12, 13.3, and 13.5 of the Colorado Revised Statutes (2023) are hereby incorporated by reference, except that earlier versions of such laws and rules may apply to events that occurred in prior years. Such incorporation excludes later amendments to or editions of the statutes. These statutes are available for public inspection at the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Labor Standards & Statistics, 633 17th Street, Denver CO 80202. Copies may be obtained from the Division of Labor Standards & Statistics at a reasonable charge. These statutes can be accessed electronically from the website of the Colorado Secretary of State. Pursuant to C.R.S. § 24-4-103 (12.5)(b), the agency shall provide certified copies of the statutes incorporated at cost upon request or shall provide the requestor with information on how to obtain a certified copy of the material incorporated by reference from the agency originally issuing the statutes. All Division Rules are available to the public at www.coloradolaborlaw.gov. Where these Rules have provisions different from or contrary to any incorporated or referenced material, the provisions of these Rules govern so long as they are consistent with Colorado statutory and constitutional provisions.

1.3 Separability. These Rules are intended to remain in effect to the maximum extent possible. If any part of a rule (including any section, sentence, clause, phrase, word, or number) is held invalid, (A) the remainder of the rule remains valid, and (B) if the provision is held not wholly invalid, but merely in need of narrowing, the provision should be retained in narrowed form.

1.4 The Director of the Division of Labor Standards and Statistics in the Department of Labor and Employment (Director) has the authority to enforce the statutes cited in Rule 1.1 above and these Rules.

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