Colorado

Region
Colorado
Required to Report
No
State Office
Poison Control
Phone 1
800-222-1222
WPS Enforcement
Worker Protection Standard Enforcement Agency

U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division: 1-866-4-USWAGE (http://www.dol.gov/whd/america2.htm)

Legal Services Referral for Violations

Colorado Legal Services, Migrant Farmworker Division at 303-866-9366 (http://www.coloradolegalservices.org)

Coverage for Farmworkers
Required
Limitations
farmworkers are not separately mentioned.
Statute
Colo. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 8-40-301 (2009) (section on scope of "employee" does not exclude farm laborers).
Coverage for Undocumented Workers
Yes
Case Law
Champion Auto Body v. Indus. Claim Appeals Office of State of Colorado, 950 P.2d 671, 673 (Colo. App. 1997) (holding that undocumented worker was entitled to temporary partial disability benefits).
Benefits Available for Undocumented Workers
Undocumented workers are eligible for temporary total and temporary partial disability benefits. Champion Auto Body v. Indus. Claim Appeals Office of State of Colorado, 950 P.2d 671 (Colo. App. 1997).
State Workers’ Compensation Website
Colorado Department of Labor & Employment
Online forms
Official Forms, Publications and Interpretive Bulletins