HB 22-1112 CO

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Current law requires an injured employee or someone else with knowledge of the injury to notify the employer within 4 days after the occurrence of an on-the-job injury, authorizes a reduction in compensation to the injured employee for failure to timely notify the employer, and tolls the 4-day period if the employer has failed to post a notice specifying the injured employee's notification deadline. The act changes the 4-day notice period to a 10-day notice period and prohibits a loss of compensation if the employer had actual notice of the injury or good cause is shown for the employee's failure to timely report the injury. If an employer fails to provide a copy of the notice of the injury to the employee or fails to post the required notice to employees, the act specifies that the time period allotted to the employee to notify the employer of an injury is tolled for the duration of the failure. The act also changes the notice that an employer is required to post in the workplace to require that the notice state the name of the insurer and that the: Employer is required to have and pay for workers' compensation insurance; Injured employee has rights under the law if the employer fails to carry workers' compensation insurance; Employee should notify employer if injured; Injury must be reported to the employer; and Employee may file a workers' compensation claim. With regard to occupational diseases, the act also: Limits the ability of the director of the division of workers compensation to reduce compensation to an employee to circumstances where the employer does not have actual knowledge of the contraction of a disease or there is not good cause shown to provide timely notice of the disease; and Repeals the provision that states that an employer is deemed to waive a failure to give notice of an occupational disease or death resulting from the disease unless the employer objects at a hearing on the claim prior to any award or decision.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

• Lindsey Daugherty Democratic · primary
• Julie Gonzales Democratic · primary

1. Mar 24, 2022 Governor Signed · executive
2. Mar 18, 2022 Sent to the Governor · executive
3. Mar 18, 2022 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
4. Mar 17, 2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
5. Mar 11, 2022 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
6. Mar 10, 2022 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
7. Mar 7, 2022 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
8. Feb 28, 2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology · upper
9. Feb 24, 2022 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
10. Feb 23, 2022 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee · lower
11. Feb 17, 2022 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
12. Jan 21, 2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor · lower

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Signed Act (03/24/2022) · PDF
• Final Act (03/18/2022) · PDF
• Rerevised (03/11/2022) · PDF
• Revised (03/10/2022) · PDF
• Reengrossed (02/24/2022) · PDF
• Engrossed (02/23/2022) · PDF
• Introduced (01/21/2022) · PDF
• PA1 (02/18/2022) · PDF
• Committee Amendment · PDF