Colorado reworks minimum wage and overtime pay rules

Minimum wage coverage, overtime pay and mandatory breaks will be extended to a broader array of workers in the state under a proposal released Monday from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.
After holding public hearings earlier this year, the department’s Division of Labor Standards and Statistics has drafted a major revamp of the Colorado Overtime and Minimum Pay Standards Order.
“Hundreds of thousands of workers who would not have been able to qualify for workplace pr