C.R.S. Section 8-1-117
Director to have access to books

  • penalty

(1)

All books, records, and payrolls of employers, showing or reflecting in any way upon the amount of wage expenditure of such employers, and other data, facts, and statistics appertaining to the purposes of this article shall always be open for inspection by the director or any of his deputies or agents for the purpose of ascertaining the conditions of employment and such other information as may be necessary for the uses and purposes of the director in his administration of the law.

(2)

Any employer that refuses to exhibit and furnish to the director or any agents of the division an inspection of any books, records, and payrolls of the employer, showing or reflecting in any way upon the amount of wage expenditure of the employer, and other data, facts, and statistics appertaining to the purposes of this article 1 or that refuses to admit the director or any agent of the division to any place of employment shall pay a penalty of not less than fifty dollars for each day that the failure, neglect, or refusal continues. The division shall transmit any penalty imposed and collected pursuant to this section to the state treasurer, who shall credit the money to the wage theft enforcement fund created in section 8-4-113 (3).

Source: Section 8-1-117 — Director to have access to books - penalty, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2024-title-08.­pdf (accessed May 26, 2025).

8–1–101
Definitions 8–1–102
Industrial claim appeals office - creation - powers and duties 8–1–103
Division of labor standards and statistics - director - employees - qualifications - compensation - expenses 8–1–104
Director - seal 8–1–105
Offices and supplies 8–1–106
Records - sessions 8–1–107
Powers and duties of director - rules 8–1–108
Orders effective - when - validity presumed 8–1–111
Jurisdiction over employer and employee relation 8–1–112
Officers to assist in enforcing orders 8–1–113
Agents of division and director - powers 8–1–114
Employers and employees to furnish information - penalty 8–1–115
Information not public - penalty for divulging 8–1–116
Investigators to have access to premises - penalty 8–1–117
Director to have access to books - penalty 8–1–118
Rules of evidence - procedure 8–1–119
Record of proceedings 8–1–120
Depositions 8–1–121
Contempt - punishment - fees 8–1–122
Inquiries - scope - report 8–1–123
Arbitration 8–1–125
Disputes - jurisdiction - request for intervention - penalty 8–1–126
Lockouts and strikes unlawful - when 8–1–128
Petition - writ - dissolution 8–1–129
Strikes and lockouts - penalties 8–1–130
Judicial review 8–1–140
Violation - penalty 8–1–141
Each day separate offense 8–1–142
Collection of penalties 8–1–143
Costs - counsel for director - attorney general and district attorney to enforce 8–1–144
Penalty for false statements 8–1–145
Authority of department of public health and environment not affected 8–1–146
Effect of transfer of powers, duties, and functions 8–1–148
Rules, regulations, rates, and orders adopted prior to article - abolishment of commission - continued 8–1–151
Public safety inspection fund created 8–1–152
Applications for licenses - authority to suspend licenses - rules 8–1–153
Private employers - veterans’ preference hiring policy - definitions

Current through Fall 2025

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