Overtime: Colorado
Federal law and guidance on this subject should be reviewed together with this section.
Author: Stuart R. Buttrick and Mary L. Will, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Summary
Colorado's wage and hour law requires covered employers to pay nonexempt employees one and one-half times their regular rate of pay for any hours worked in excess of 40 per workweek, in excess of 12 hours per workday, or in excess of 12 consecutive hours without regard to the starting and ending time of the workday (excluding duty-free meal periods), whichever calculation results in the greater payment of wages. There are separate overtime requirements for agricultural employees. This guide provides an in-depth review of Colorado employment law requirements HR must follow with respect to this law.
