Colorado final paycheck
Discharged: immediately. Quit: by the next regular payday
Under the Colorado Wage Act (section 8-4-109), a discharged employee must be paid immediately - or within 6 hours of the start of the next business day if the payroll unit is off-site - and an employee who quits must be paid by the next regular payday.
- Effective
- Jan 1, 2000
Local notes & what to do
Colorado recalculates its wage figures every year in the PAY CALC Order: for 2026 the minimum wage is $15.16, the tipped cash wage is $12.14 and the exempt salary floor is $57,784 a year. Colorado overtime is broader than federal law - it is due after 12 hours in a day or 12 consecutive hours as well as after 40 in a week. FAMLI premiums fell to 0.88% of wages in 2026 (0.86% is announced for 2027), and 2026 adds up to 12 extra weeks of leave for parents of babies in neonatal intensive care.