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Can you summarize CORS 8-4-109?
WAGES > Termination of employment - payments required - civil penalties - payments to surviving spouse or heir.
Short Summary
This legal document, part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, governs the termination of employment and the payments required in such cases. It outlines the obligations of employers to pay wages or compensation to employees upon termination, whether by volition of the employer or resignation by the employee. The document specifies the timeframes within which the wages or compensation should be made available to the separated employee and the locations where the payment should be delivered. It also addresses the penalties that employers may face for failing to pay wages or compensation within the specified timeframes. Additionally, the document includes provisions regarding the payment of wages or compensation to the surviving spouse or heir of a deceased employee. There are no specific exemptions mentioned in this document.
Whom does it apply to?
Employers and employees in Colorado.
What does it govern?
Termination of employment - payments required - civil penalties - payments to surviving spouse or heir.
What are exemptions?
No specific exemptions are mentioned.
What are the Penalties?
If an employer fails or refuses to pay earned, vested, and determinable wages or compensation within fourteen days after a written demand is sent or within fourteen days after a civil action or administrative claim for the wages or compensation is sent to or served on the employer, the employer is liable to the employee or group of similarly situated employees for the amount of the earned, vested, determinable, and unpaid wages or compensation plus an automatic penalty of the greater of two times the amount of the unpaid wages or compensation or one thousand dollars. If the employee can show that the employer's failure or refusal to pay wages or compensation was willful, the penalty increases to the greater of three times the amount of the unpaid wages or compensation or three thousand dollars.
Jurisdiction
Colorado