C.R.S. Section 8-1-122
Inquiries

  • scope
  • report

(1)

The director shall inquire into the general condition of labor in the principal industries in the state of Colorado and especially in those which are carried on in corporate forms; into existing relations between employers and employees; into the effect of industrial conditions on public welfare and into the rights and powers of the community to deal therewith; into the conditions of sanitation and safety of employees and the provisions for protecting the life, limb, and health of the employees; into relations existing between lessees of state lands and the state as to production and royalties or rentals paid and the relations between said lessees and their employees with respect to wages paid and conditions of labor; into the growth of associations of employers and wage earners and the effect of such associations upon the relations between employers and employees; into the extent and results of methods of collective bargaining; into any methods which have been tried in any state or in foreign countries for maintaining mutually satisfactory relations between employees and employers; into methods of avoiding or adjusting labor disputes through peaceable and conciliatory mediation and negotiations; and into the scope, methods, and resources of existing bureaus of labor and possible ways of increasing their efficiency and usefulness.

(2)

The director shall seek to discover the underlying causes of dissatisfaction in the industrial situation, take all necessary means and methods within the powers of such director as provided by law, to alleviate the same, and report such remedial legislation as in the judgment of the director may be advisable, with his recommendations thereon. Such report shall accompany the annual report required in section 8-1-107 (2)(j).

Source: Section 8-1-122 — Inquiries - scope - report, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-08.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

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
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 8-1-122’s source at colorado​.gov