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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-4-117 (2026)

Additional obligations

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(1) Every field labor contractor shall:

(a) Carry a certificate of registration at all times while engaging in activities as a field labor contractor and exhibit the same to all persons with whom he or she intends to deal in the capacity of a field labor contractor;

(b) Ascertain and disclose in writing to each migratory laborer, in a language in which the migratory laborer is fluent at the time the migratory laborer is recruited, the following information:

(I) The area of employment;

(II) The crops and operations on which the migratory laborer may be employed;

(III) Transportation, housing, and insurance to be provided to the migratory laborer;

(IV) The wage rate to be paid;

(V) The charges by the field labor contractor for his or her services; and

(VI) The existence of any strikes at the place of contracted employment;

(c) Promptly pay or deliver, when due to the migratory laborer entitled thereto, all moneys or other things of value entrusted to the field labor contractor by or on behalf of such migratory laborer.

Source: L. 2003: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1861, § 1, effective August 6.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 8-4-120 as it existed prior to 2003, and the former § 8-4-117 was relocated to § 8-4-114 (2).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1997–2003 · leading case: Leonard v. McMorris, 63 P.3d 323 (Colo. 2003).
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Leonard v. McMorris, 63 P.3d 323 (Colo. 2003). · cites it 39× “Section 8-4-117, 3 C.R.S. (2002), provides that "any employer or agent of an employer " who refuses to pay wages, when under a duty to pay, is guilty of a misdemeanor in specified circumstances: any employer or agent of an employer who, being able to pay wages or compensation…”
Hoyt v. Target Stores, Div. of Dayton Hudson Corp., 981 P.2d 188 (Colo. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 6× “" Section 8-4-117, C.R.S.1998. Plaintiff presented evidence at trial that she had worked for Target for thirteen years in a clerical capacity, that her duties had included payroll, that she was rated as an "outstanding" or "excellent" employee on all of her performance reviews…”
Vincent v. Clean Water Action Proj., 939 P.2d 469 (Colo. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 4× “Plaintiff then filed an action in the small claims division of the Denver County Court seeking $362 for vacation pay, plus penalties pursuant to § 8-4-117, C.R.S. (1986 Repl.Vol. 3B). After a trial, the magistrate, on October 14, 1993, entered judgment in favor of plaintiff for…”
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