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Senate approves wage-theft enforcement bill after contentious debate over penalties and timelines
Summary
Senators passed House Bill 25-1001, a law intended to strengthen enforcement against wage theft in Colorado, after hours of debate over penalty levels, whether to require public posting of complaints and the time employers have to cure alleged violations.
The Senate passed House Bill 25-1001 on May 2 after lengthy floor debate about enforcement processes, penalty amounts and employer timelines.
Sponsors described the bill as an effort to combat wage theft and protect workers on construction sites and in other industries, citing cases in which employees alleged unpaid wages or contractors failed to pay subcontractors. The bill creates a civil enforcement pathway for workers to recover unpaid wages and includes multiple remedies: back pay, reinstatement or front pay if reinstatement is infeasible, statutory interest, a per-employee penalty, and a liquidated-damages provision. The floor debate recited several…
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