The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment has proposed to increase the minimum wage in Colorado. Pursuant to the inflation adjustment requirement of Article XVIII, Section 15, of the Colorado Constitution, the state minimum wage will be raised to $7.64/hour and the state tipped employee minimum wage will be raised to $4.62/hour, effective January 1, 2012.
Current Colorado minimum wages are set at $7.36/hour and $4.34/hour for tipped employees.
A hearing on the amended rule will be held on Friday, November 4, 2011 at the Colorado Division of Labor, 633 17th Street, Second Floor, Denver, Colorado 80202, beginning at 2:00 pm.
Full text of the proposed rule change including line edits can be found here. Further information about the rule and hearing can be found here.
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