Colorado § 8-1-111 - Jurisdiction over employer and employee relation.
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§ 8-1-111. Jurisdiction over employer and employee relation.
The director is vested with the power and jurisdiction to have such supervision of every employment and place of employment in this state as may be necessary adequately to ascertain and determine the conditions under which the employees labor, and the manner and extent of the obedience by the employer to all laws and all lawful orders requiring such employment and places of employment to be safe, and requiring the protection of the life, health, and safety of every employee in such employment or place of employment, and to enforce all provisions of law relating thereto. The director is also vested with power and jurisdiction to administer all provisions of this article with respect to the relations between employer and employee and to do all other acts and things convenient and necessary to accomplish the purposes of this article including entering into reciprocal agreements with other states and governmental entities.
Source: L. 15: p. 571, § 15. C.L. § 4339. CSA: C. 97, § 17. CRS 53: § 80-1-15. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-1-15. L. 69: p. 578, § 29. L. 72: p. 602, § 99. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 867, § 1, effective May 6.
ANNOTATION
The Industrial Relations Act unequivocally vests the director with jurisdiction over "every employment". Martin v. Montezuma-Cortez Sch. Dist. RE-1, 841 P.2d 237 (Colo. 1992); Weissman v. Crawford Rehab. Servs., 914 P.2d 380 (Colo. App. 1995).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 8-1-111 ("Jurisdiction over employer and employee relation.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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