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The Fair Labor Standards Act does not require payment for time not worked. This type of benefit is generally a matter of agreement between an employer and an employee (or the employee’s representative). Employers, however, do need to comply with applicable state laws.
Colorado law requires all regularly employed trial or grand jurors must be paid regular wages not to exceed fifty dollars per day by their employers for the first three days of juror service.
For general, primary, congressional, and municipal elections, Colorado law allows an employee up to two hours to vote. The time off for voting can be at the beginning or end of the regular working shift, if the employee so requests. Deductions of pay are allowed for periods of more than two hours. Employee must give notice that time off for voting is needed. This time off for voting doesn’t apply if there are three or more hours between the time of opening and the time of closing of the polls and the employee is not employed on the job.
Employers with 50 or more employees must allow an employee who has worked for the employer for 12 months or more to request or take up to three working days of leave from work in any 12-month period, with or without pay, if the employee is a victim of domestic abuse, stalking, sexual assault, or any other crime including an act of domestic violence. The employee must be using leave to protect himself or herself by:
Employees seeking leave must provide appropriate advance notice and documentation as may be required by the employer or the employer's policy.
Before receiving leave, employees must exhaust any and all annual or vacation leave, personal leave, and sick leave, if applicable, that may be available, unless the employer waives this requirement.
In addition, an employer may not discharge or discipline an employee who is a victim or who is a member of a victim's immediate family for honoring a subpoena to testify in a criminal proceeding or for participating in the preparation of a criminal proceeding. (CO Rev. Stat. Sec. 24-4.1-303(8))
Employees of private and public employers may take leave for attending their children’s “academic activities.” There are no eligibility criteria except that the individual must work for working for a covered employer as defined in the federal FMLA (50 or more employees) and be the parent or legal guardian of child enrolled in Kindergarten through the 12th grade.
“Academic activity” means meetings or conferences regarding the employee’s child or any child for whom the employee has primary legal responsibility, including: a parent-teacher conference; or a meeting related to special education services, response to intervention, dropout prevention, attendance, truancy, or disciplinary issues.
Employers may restrict the leave in no greater than three-hour increments and may limit such leave to six hours per month and 18 hours per academic year. Employers may limit the ability of an employee to take such leave in cases of emergency or where the absence would result in a halt of service or production.
Employers may require that the employee provide written verification from the school or school district of the academic activity. The employee must make reasonable attempts to schedule the activities outside of regular work hours, and must provide the employer with a notice at least one calendar week in advance. In cases of emergency, the employee must provide as much notice as possible.
Leave taken does not have to be paid, but employees may use vacation, sick leave, or other paid leave to the same extent that they can use such leave for other purposes.
Employees who respond to emergency situations instead of reporting to work are entitled to up to 15 days of job-protected, unpaid leave per calendar year.
There are some considerations, however.
Contacts
Jury Duty
Voting
Crime Victims
Regulations
Jury duty
www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdle/jury-duty
Voting
www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/michie/
Crime victims
Colorado Revised Statutes, Title 24, Government – State/Administration; Article 34, Department of Regulatory Agencies; Part 4 Employment Practices; §24-34-402.7 Unlawful action against employees seeking protection
Colorado Revised Statutes, Title 24, Government – State/Administration; Article 4.1 Crime Victim Compensation and Victim and Witness Rights; Part 3, Guidelines for Assuring the Rights of Victims of and Witnesses to Crimes; §24-4.1-303 Procedures for assuring rights of victims of crimes.
www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/michie/
Parental involvement in education
The Parental Involvement in K-12 Education Act will be found in the Colorado Revised Statutes 8-13.3-101 et seq. Until it is codified, you can find the text of the measure in HB 09-1057.
www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/michie/
Volunteer firefighters
Colorado Revised Statute 31-30-1131. Volunteer firefighter - employment termination restricted.
Contacts
None.
Statutes/Regulations
None.