Colorado Revised Statutes Title 8. Labor and Industry § 8-5-203. Enforcement--rules

(1) The director has the power to administer, carry out, and enforce all of the provisions of this part 2 and may promulgate rules for that purpose. The director shall provide written copies of rules promulgated pursuant to this section to all employees and employers upon written request.

(3) The director shall investigate complaints of violations of this part 2 and shall promulgate rules necessary to govern the investigations.

(4) Upon finding that an employer has violated this part 2, the director may order the employer to pay a fine of no less than five hundred dollars and no more than ten thousand dollars per violation.

(5) If an employee bringing suit for a violation of section 8-5-102 demonstrates a violation of this part 2, and the court finds a violation of this part 2, the court may order appropriate relief, including a rebuttable presumption that records not kept by the employer in violation of section 8-5-202 contained information favorable to the employee's claim and an instruction to the jury that failure to keep records can be considered evidence that the violation was not made in good faith.