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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) Any employer who violates the provisions of section 8-4-103(6) commits:
(a) A petty offense if the amount is less than three hundred dollars;
(b) A class 2 misdemeanor if the amount is three hundred dollars or more but less than one thousand dollars;
(c) A class 1 misdemeanor if the amount is one thousand dollars or more but less than two thousand dollars;
(d) A class 6 felony if the amount is two thousand dollars or more but less than five thousand dollars;
(e) A class 5 felony if the amount is five thousand dollars or more but less than twenty thousand dollars;
(f) A class 4 felony if the amount is twenty thousand dollars or more but less than one hundred thousand dollars;
(g) A class 3 felony if the amount is one hundred thousand dollars or more but less than one million dollars; and
(h) A class 2 felony if the amount is one million dollars or more.
(2) In addition to any other penalty imposed by this article 4, any employer or agent of an employer who willfully refuses to pay wages or compensation as provided in this article 4, or falsely denies the amount of a wage claim, or the validity thereof, or that the same is due, with intent to secure for himself, herself, or another person any discount upon such indebtedness or any underpayment of such indebtedness or with intent to annoy, harass, oppress, hinder, coerce, delay, or defraud the person to whom such indebtedness is due, commits theft as defined in section 18-4-401.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Colorado Revised Statutes Title 8. Labor and Industry § 8-4-114. Criminal penalties - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-8-labor-and-industry/co-rev-st-sect-8-4-114/
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