If you live in Colorado with our growing number of roundabouts or “traffic circles”, you are probably astounded at the number of drivers who simply do not know how to use them. For instance, you see a car come to a complete stop when entering a roundabout when the lack of traffic in the […]
Colorado Passes 2021 Medical Lien Legislation to Protect Injured Plaintiffs
To the delight of Plaintiff personal-injury attorneys, at the end of the 2021 legislative session, Colorado Senators passed House Bill 21-1300, an Act that protects Coloradans who have been injured by wrongful or negligent acts of another. In particular, the Act aims to protect those citizens who have high-deductible health insurance plans, limited health insurance, […]
Back On The Table: Direct Negligence Claims Against Employers For The Negligence Of Their Employees
In May 2021, Colorado’s General Assembly passed HB21-1188 (the “Ferrer Bill”) which specifically overturned the infamous (to plaintiff lawyers at least) 2017 Colorado Supreme Court case of Ferrer v. Okbamicael. Why is the Ferrer Bill important to employers and employees? Well, to put it in the simplest terms, before the Ferrer Bill, once an employer […]
Can an Employer Require its Employees to get the COVID-19 Vaccine?
View an article from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: EEOC Issues Updated COVID-19 Technical Assistance As citizens around the world receive COVID vaccinations, both workplaces and employees should be aware of the legal considerations for U.S. employers who require their employees to receive the vaccine as a condition of employment or of continued employment. […]
June 14, 2021 – Colorado Supreme Court Rules: An Employee’s Earned Vacation Is Compensation that cannot be Forfeited
In a June 14, 2021 ruling, Colorado’s Supreme Court examined whether, under Colorado law, “an employer must pay an employee’s earned but unused vacation pay upon separation from employment despite an agreement purporting to forfeit the employee’s right to such payment.” In this particular matter, Plaintiff Carmen Nieto was terminated from Clark’s Market, which had […]
Colorado’s “Public Health Emergency” Workplace Whistleblower Protections
On July 11, 2020, Governor Jared Polis signed Colorado House Bill 20-1415 into law, granting Colorado workers protections from discrimination or retaliation when they raise health and safety concerns related to a “public health emergency” (such as the current COVID-19 pandemic). Specifically, this new law prohibits “a principal”—which includes an “employer” as defined by the […]
With Passage of the CROWN Act of 2020, Colorado Prohibits Employment Discrimination on the Basis of Hair
On March 6, 2020, Governor Jared Polis signed the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act of 2020 (CROWN Act) into law. When Colorado’s Governor signed the document, Colorado became just the fifth state in the nation to pass this civil rights legislation; Colorado joined California, New York, New Jersey, and Virginia […]
Business Interruption Insurance and COVID-19
During the spread of this pandemic, we sit in the midst of a moving landscape for employers affected by state and local stay-at-home orders, business closures, and business kept open for society’s “essential operations.” Across the United States and here in Colorado, many small and large businesses are fully closed to customers, only open for […]
COVID-19 and Colorado Critical Businesses: Critical Employees Required to Wear Masks, and, If Possible, Gloves
On April 17, 2020, Governor Jared Polis issued Executive Order D 2020 39. Effective for 30 days “unless extended further,” this newest coronavirus emergency order delineates requirements for the wearing of face coverings and gloves by those employees who are deemed “critical” because they are working in an essential business or working to maintain critical […]
Auto Insurance Covid Rebates: How to Maximize What You Deserve
The nation’s large and small auto insurance companies have received much positive press in April of 2020, as news outlet after news outlet has reported insurers offering “rebates:” to customers. Insurers are quick to explain their reasoning: due to stay-at-home orders during the coronavirus pandemic, Americans are driving less (if at all), which has resulted […]
