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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-73-101 (2026)

Payment of benefits

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(1) All benefits provided in this article shall be payable from the fund. All benefits shall be paid through employment offices or such other agencies as the director of the division, by general rule, may designate. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, any amount of unemployment compensation payable to any individual for any week, if not an even dollar amount, shall be rounded to the next lower full dollar amount.

(2) An individual's eligibility and benefit amounts shall be determined weekly. Unemployment insurance benefit checks shall be issued once every two weeks; except that the division, when it determines it to be necessary for proper administration of articles 70 to 82 of this title, including the effecting of administrative economies, may issue benefit checks on a weekly basis. Under no circumstance shall benefit checks be issued less frequently than once every two weeks.

Source: L. 36, 3rd Ex. Sess.: p. 14, § 3. L. 37: p. 1250, § 1. CSA: C. 167A, § 3. L. 39: p. 568, § 1. L. 41: p. 762, § 3. CRS 53: § 82-4-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 82-4-1. L. 83: Entire section amended, p. 435, § 2, effective October 1. L. 84: Entire section amended, p. 321, § 1, effective March 26. L. 86: (1) amended, p. 488, § 85, effective July 1. L. 93: (2) amended, p. 1771, § 23, effective June 6. L. 2006: (2) amended, p. 141, § 5, effective August 7.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1981–2019 · leading case: Colorado Div. of Emp. v. Accord Human Resources, Inc., 270 P.3d 985 (Colo. 2012).
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Colorado Div. of Emp. v. Accord Human Resources, Inc., 270 P.3d 985 (Colo. 2012). · cites it 3× “§§ 8-73-101, -102, C.R.S. (2011). The benefits sections should be construed liberally in order to further the remedial and beneficent purposes of lightening the burden of unemployment on those who are involuntarily unemployed.”
Colorado, Div. of Cent. Servs., Cent. Collection Serv. v. O'Brien (In Re O'Brien), 110 B.R. 27 (Bankr.D. Colo. 1990). “A review of that statute indicates an individual’s eligibility and amount of benefits shall be determined weekly and paid no less than once every two weeks, § 8-73-101(2). Eligibility to receive benefits requires a finding that an individual: (a) has registered with an…”
Colorado State Jud. Dep't v. Indus. Comm'n OF STATE OF COLORADO, 630 P.2d 102 (Colo. Ct. App. 1981). “When two sections of the Unemployment Compensation Act § 8-73-101; et seq., C.R.S.1973, are pertinent, the Commission has wide latitude in determining which section it will apply.”
Keil v. Indus. Claim Appeals Off., 847 P.2d 235 (Colo. Ct. App. 1993). “The Colorado Employment Security Act, § 8-73-101, et seq., C.R.S. (1986 Repl.Vol.”
Lewis v. Colorado Dep't of Labor & Emp., Div. of Emp. & Training, 924 P.2d 1183 (Colo. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 3× “Section 8-73-101(2), C.R.S. (1995 Cum.Supp.”
J.W. Gant & Assocs., Inc. v. Dep't of Labor & Emp. Div. of Emp. & Training, 796 P.2d 1 (Colo. Ct. App. 1989). “See § 8-73-101, et seq., C.R.S. (1987 Repl.Vol.”
Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Co v. Indus. Comm'n, 697 P.2d 418 (Colo. Ct. App. 1985). “This argument overlooks the fact that subparagraph (4)(j) is an independent criterion for determining benefits, and, when applicable to the facts, can be employed by the Commission, .”
State of Colorado, Div. of Fin. & Procureme v. Martinez (Bankr.D. Colo. 2019). · cites it 2× “§§ 8-73-101 to 8-74-109. Eligibility and benefits amounts are determined weekly, but benefits are paid bi-monthly.”
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-73-101(1): 1 case
Colorado Div. of Emp. v. Accord Human Resources, Inc., 270 P.3d 985 (Colo. 2012). “§§ 8-73-101, -102, C.R.S. (2011). The benefits sections should be construed liberally in order to further the remedial and beneficent purposes of lightening the burden of unemployment on those who are involuntarily unemployed.”
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-73-101(2): 2 cases
Colorado, Div. of Cent. Servs., Cent. Collection Serv. v. O'Brien (In Re O'Brien), 110 B.R. 27 (Bankr.D. Colo. 1990). “A review of that statute indicates an individual’s eligibility and amount of benefits shall be determined weekly and paid no less than once every two weeks, § 8-73-101(2). Eligibility to receive benefits requires a finding that an individual: (a) has registered with an…”
Lewis v. Colorado Dep't of Labor & Emp., Div. of Emp. & Training, 924 P.2d 1183 (Colo. Ct. App. 1996). “Section 8-73-101(2), C.R.S. (1995 Cum.Supp.”
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