2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 24 - Government - State
Article 50.5. State Employee Protection
Editor's note: In Ward v. Industrial Comm'n, 699 P.2d 960 (Colo. 1985), the supreme court set forth how the burden of proof is to be allocated in the examination of possible violations of this statute. In determining whether reduction of terminated state employees' unemployment benefits would violate the protection granted by the statute, the claimant must establish that his or her disclosures fell within the protection of the statute and that they were a substantial or motivating factor in the employer's opposition to his receipt of benefits, and, if the claimant makes such initial showing, then the employer must establish by the preponderance of the evidence that it would have reached the same decision even in the absence of the protected conduct.
Cross references: For private enterprise employee protection, see article 114 of this title.
Law reviews: For article, "Whistle-blowing: A Growing Trend", see 19 Colo. Law 1313
(1990); for article, "A Guide to the Lesser-Known Work Laws in Colorado", see 43 Colo. Law. 49 (May 2014).
- Section 24-50.5-101. Legislative declaration - repeal.
- Section 24-50.5-102. Definitions - repeal.
- Section 24-50.5-103. Retaliation prohibited - repeal.
- Section 24-50.5-104. Complaints by state personnel system employees - limitation period.
- Section 24-50.5-105. Civil action.
- Section 24-50.5-106. Notice to state auditor.
- Section 24-50.5-107. Reports to the governor.
- Section 24-50.5-108. Working group - broadening protections for state employee whistleblowers - confidential information subject of whistleblowing - preserving confidentiality of confidential information - repeal. (Repealed)
