HB 17-1269

House Bill 17-1269 in Colorado removes a previous exemption that allowed certain employers to avoid labor laws regarding wage transparency. Before the bill, these employers could legally prevent employees from discussing their salaries without facing consequences. The new law now applies to all employers, ensuring that no employee can be punished for talking about or asking about wages with colleagues. This means that all workers in Colorado are protected when they discuss their pay, promoting fairness and transparency in the workplace. Since the bill has been signed into law, it is now enforceable statewide.

Official Summary

Current law states that it is a discriminatory and unfair labor practice for an employer to discharge, discipline, discriminate against, coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with any employee or other person because the employee inquired about, disclosed, compared, or otherwise discussed the employee's wages, unless otherwise permitted by federal law. Federal law exempts certain limited classes of employers from labor laws. The bill strikes the reference to that exemption and extends the current law to those classes of employers, thereby providing wage transparency protections to all employees.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

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