Tag: Wage Theft
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Appeals court rules employers cannot deduct their own business costs from employee wages
Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday that employers cannot deduct from employees’ wages any costs that are “inherent in the job,” and any work agreements allowing for such an arrangement are unlawful. In the case at hand, Elora Buenger worked as a cosmetologist for 303 Beauty Bar LLC, also known as 303 Salon Lohi. She…
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Denver auditor gains power for wage theft protections
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver City Council on Monday unanimously voted to improve the city auditor’s power to investigate wage theft cases. In other action, a councilwoman from one of Denver’s most diverse council districts voted against a pair of bills that would provide money for sheltering illegal…
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Denver gig staffing companies ordered to pay more than $1M for wage theft and sick leave violations
Two staffing companies misclassified hundreds of workers, resulting in them being paid less than minimum wage and causing them to miss out on overtime and sick pay, a new audit from Denver Labor revealed Monday. The two companies, Instawork and Gigpro, are temporary staffing agencies that placed workers such as bartenders, servers, dishwashers, general laborers…
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Denver’s minimum wage increases to $18.29
Once the clock struck midnight in Denver on Sunday, the city’s minimum wage increased from $17.29 per hour to $18.29. City auditors reminded business owners to keep track of the change. Denver has increased its minimum wage by $5.44 since 2020, when it stood at $12.85 per hour. The city’s minimum wage was $14.77 in…
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Denver City Council OKs new wage theft crime, elimination of STI testing mandate, more
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver City Council unanimously passed several ordinances during its meeting Monday night, including implementing a new wage theft crime, eliminating mandatory STI testing for sex worker arrests, requiring special business licenses for massage parlors and reelecting council leadership. Wage theft The first ordinance creates…