(1) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (1) is effective March 1, 2022. ] It is unlawful for any corporation, company, partnership, association, individual, or any employer of labor, or for any agent thereof to make, adopt, or enforce any rule, regulation, or policy forbidding or preventing any of his or her employees from engaging or participating in politics or from becoming a candidate for public office or being elected to and entering upon the duties of any public office. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
Source: L. 29: p. 429, §§ 1-3. CSA: C. 97, § 75. L. 37: p. 795, § 1. CRS 53: § 80-4-8. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-11-8. L. 2021: (1) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3138, § 78, effective March 1, 2022.
Editor's note: Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
Structure Colorado Code
Article 2 - Labor Relations, Generally
§ 8-2-101. Combination of Employees for Peaceable Objects Lawful
§ 8-2-102. Coercion of Employees Unlawful
§ 8-2-103. Penalty for Coercing Employees
§ 8-2-103. Penalty for Coercing Employees
§ 8-2-104. Obtaining Workmen by Misrepresentation Unlawful
§ 8-2-106. Armed Guards - When Lawful
§ 8-2-107. Workman Engaged by False Representations to Recover Damages
§ 8-2-108. Unlawful for Employer to Prevent Employees Participating in Politics
§ 8-2-109. Rights of Person Charged With Contempt
§ 8-2-110. Unlawful to Publish Blacklist
§ 8-2-111. Penalty for Blacklisting
§ 8-2-111. Penalty for Blacklisting
§ 8-2-111.5. Certain Employment References - Exception to Blacklisting Prohibition
§ 8-2-112. Unlawful to Publish Notice of Boycott
§ 8-2-112. Unlawful to Publish Notice of Boycott
§ 8-2-113. Unlawful to Intimidate Worker - Agreement Not to Compete
§ 8-2-115. Violation of Sections - Misdemeanor - Repeal
§ 8-2-118. Cost of Medical Examination - Employer and Employee Defined
§ 8-2-119. Awards of Back Pay - Deduction of Unemployment Compensation
§ 8-2-123. Health-Care Workers - Retaliation Prohibited - Definitions
§ 8-2-124. Electronic Verification Program - Availability - Notice to Employers - Definitions
§ 8-2-126. Employer Use of Consumer Credit Information - Violation - Short Title - Definitions
§ 8-2-128. Prohibitions of Employer - Requiring Social Security Number - Exceptions
§ 8-2-129. Access to Personnel Files and Records - Definitions - Exemptions