{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-8-6-116","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 8-6-116","heading":"Violation - penalty.","body":"(1) The minimum wages fixed by the director, as provided in this article 6, are the minimum wages paid to the employees, and the payment to such employees of a wage less than the minimum so fixed is unlawful, and every employer or other person who intentionally, individually or as an officer, agent, or employee of a corporation or other person, pays or causes to be paid to any such employee a wage less than the minimum commits theft as defined in section 18-4-401.\n\n(2) For the purpose of this section, the amount of the theft is the unpaid balance of the full amount of the minimum wage, as described in section 8-6-118.","path":["Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY","Article 6 - Minimum Wages of Workers"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-08.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"c2a803ff916aac2d715a2f89180925bcab8159c23f48bcf7792a15c2f2b61f17","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-8-6-115","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-8-6-117"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}