State laws / CO
Colorado pay transparency law
What Colorado employers must disclose in job postings, who's covered, and the penalty for non-compliance.
- Statute
- Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act
- Requirement type
- In-posting disclosure
- Effective
- January 1, 2021
- Applies to
- Employers with 1+ employees
- Salary range in postings
- Required
- Benefits description
- Required
- Penalty
- $500–$10,000 per violation
- Enforced by
- Colorado CDLE
- Notes
- First state with a comprehensive pay transparency law. Requires salary range AND a general benefits description in all postings.
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