Employee Health: Colorado
Federal law and guidance on this subject should be reviewed together with this section.
Authors: Stuart R. Buttrick, Mary L. Will and Tareen Zafrullah, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Summary
- Colorado health insurance and health benefits providers offering individual health coverage plans or a small group plans may offer incentives or rewards to persons to participate in employee wellness and prevention programs. See How to Keep Employees Healthy.
- The Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act prohibits smoking in workplaces. See Smoking in the Workplace.
- Colorado permits the use of medical and recreational marijuana. See Marijuana.
- Employers must report workplace fatalities "immediately." See Managing an At-Work Fatality.