Colorado Expands Notice Requirements Upon Termination of Employment

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Patricia Tsipras

May 31, 2022

Effective May 25, 2022, Colorado enacted Senate Bill 22-234, which expands the information that employers are required to provide to employees upon termination of their employment.

Content of the law
Pre-existing Colorado law requires employers to provide a notice to employees upon termination or separation of employment that includes the following information:

• A statement that unemployment insurance benefits are available to unemployed workers who meet the eligibility requirements under Colorado law
• Contact information to file a claim for unemployment insurance benefits
• Information the worker will need to file a claim for unemployment insurance benefits
• Contact information to inquire about the status of their claim for unemployment insurance benefits

Senate Bill 22-234 bill adds the following to the list of pre-existing requirements:

• Employer’s name and address
• Employee’s name and address
• Employee’s ID number or the last four digits of the employee’s Social Security Number
• Employee’s first and last dates worked
• Employee’s year-to-date earnings
• Employee’s wages for the last week worked
• The reason the employee separated from the employer

Employer Take-Aways
Regardless of the reason for separation (i.e., whether termination of the employment relationship was voluntary or involuntary), under Colorado law, all employers must provide a notice to the employee – in electronic or hard copy format – with the information listed above.

Employers should review their protocols for employment terminations to ensure that notices given to employees reflect the new changes listed above.

*Special thanks to Claire Miller, our intern from the University of Notre Dame, for her contributions to this article. 

The author of this article, Patricia Tsipras, is a member of the Bar of Pennsylvania.  This article is designed to provide one perspective regarding recent legal developments, and is not intended to serve as legal advice in Pennsylvania, Colorado, or any other jurisdiction, nor does it establish an attorney-client relationship with any reader of the article where one does not exist.  Always consult an attorney with specific legal issues.