The rising cost of providing health insurance to employees is one of the top financial pressures facing owners of small and midsize companies (SMBs), according to a recent Enterprise Bank & Trust Think Tank survey.

The de minimis doctrine under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the federal minimum wage and overtime law, says that employers do not need to pay employees for otherwise compensable amounts of time that are small, irregular, or administratively difficult to record.

By Katarina Niparko
Recently, Colorado's Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) proposed certain amendments to the rules promulgated under Colorado's Wage Protection Act (WPA) and the Colorado Wage Claim Act (CWCA) related to the payout of vacation time when an employee is discharged from employment. The proposed amendments, if permanently adopted, will prohibit employers from establishing agreements requiring employees to forfeit unused vacation pay at the end of the employment relationship.