Colorado COMPS Order #36 Poster Required

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Attention Colorado Employers: Posting Update Required

Colorado Overtime and Minimum Pay Standards Order (COMPS Order) #36 Poster
● Covers employers in all industries
● Expands wage rights and responsibilities
● Effective March 16, 2020
2020 Colorado COMPS Order #36 Peel ‘N Post™
Colorado All-On-One™ Labor Law Poster  
What changed?
The Colorado Overtime & Minimum Pay Standards (COMPS Order) #36 has been adopted as a key source of wage rights and responsibilities that, unlike prior wage orders, now covers all private employers in all industries. The COMPS Poster reflects major provisions of the COMPS Order including the 2020 minimum wage rate and tip credit, overtime pay requirements, authorized deductions and credits, and employee exemptions.
New features of the COMPS Poster include:
  • Minimum salary for overtime exemptions – Salary thresholds are established for executive, administrative and professional exemptions.
  • Timing of meal and rest periods – Must be provided at the prescribed intervals and paid if not provided.
  • Definition of “time worked” – Includes all time employer requires or permits an employee to be on-premises, on duty, or at prescribed workplace, such as changing work clothes, clocking in/out, security screenings, etc., if such tasks take more than one minute.
  • New exemptions – Including exemptions for highly technical computer-related employees and 20% owner-employees.
  • Complaint and anti-retaliation rights.
What are the new posting and distribution requirements? 
  • All private employers are required to post the COMPS Poster in an area frequented by employees where it may be easily read during the workday. 
  • If the work site or other conditions make physical posting impractical (i.e., home workers, outdoor work sites), the employer must provide a copy of the COMPS Order or COMPS Poster to each employee within his or her first month of employment.
  • The COMPS Order or COMPS Poster must be included in employee handbooks and written employer policies.
  • Employers must post in Spanish if employees speak Spanish, or request a translation in another language from the Division of Labor Standards and Statistics.