2017 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 8 - Labor and Industry
Labor I - Department of Labor and Employment
Article 6 - Minimum Wages of Workers
§ 8-6-108.5. Minimum wage - rules
(1) Effective July 1, 1977, the minimum wage for minors may be fifteen percent below the minimum wage for other workers; except that the full minimum wage shall be paid to any emancipated minor. An emancipated minor shall mean any individual less than eighteen years of age who:
(a) Has the sole or primary responsibility for his own support;
(b) Is married and living away from parents or guardian;
(c) Is able to show that his well-being is substantially dependent upon being gainfully employed.
(2) An employer may pay a rate of fifteen percent lower than the minimum wage to persons certified by the director to be less efficient due to a physical disability.
(3) The director may issue only such rules as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this article and as are consistent with the purposes and intent of section 8-6-101 and section 15 of article XVIII of the state constitution; except that, if a higher minimum wage rate is established by applicable federal law or rules, the director's rules shall be consistent with such federal law or rules.
