HB 18-1308

HB 18-1308 is a Colorado bill that allows out-of-state employers with workers temporarily in Colorado to avoid following Colorado’s workers’ compensation rules, as long as those employees are covered by their home state's workers' compensation laws while working in Colorado. This applies only if the neighboring state also has similar provisions for Colorado workers in their state. Once signed into law, this means that out-of-state employers with temporary workers in Colorado can rely on their own state’s worker protection rules instead of Colorado’s, as long as both states agree to this arrangement.

Official Summary

The bill establishes an exemption from the 'Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado' for an out-of-state employer whose employees are working in Colorado on a temporary basis as long as: The out-of-state employer furnishes coverage under the workers' compensation laws of the state in which the employee is regularly employed, which coverage applies to the employee while working temporarily in Colorado; and The out-of-state employer's home state is contiguous to Colorado, recognizes the exemption, and provides a reciprocal exemption for Colorado employees temporarily working in that state. The home state's workers' compensation laws are the sole remedy for an out-of-state worker who is injured while working temporarily in Colorado. The division of workers' compensation in the department of labor and employment is authorized to enter into an agreement with a contiguous state to carry out the extraterritorial application of the workers' compensation or similar law of the other state. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More

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