Overtime: Colorado
Federal law and guidance on this subject should be reviewed together with this section.
Author: Stuart R. Buttrick, Mary L. Will and Tareen Zafrullah, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Summary
- Nonexempt employees in Colorado must be paid overtime not only for hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek, but also for any hours in excess of a daily maximum. See Computing Overtime.
- Certain forms of compensation may be excluded from the regular rate of pay when computing overtime. See The Regular Rate of Pay.
- There are separate overtime requirements for agricultural employees. See Overtime for Agricultural Employees.