Understanding Employment in Colorado

Just how complicated is employment in Colorado? Let’s look at the law as an alien would. Alien intelligence might get a good kick out of looking at employment in Colorado. It can seem so random and complicated that an extraterrestrial might assume that employers constantly have human experts on the law at their disposal to make sure they are following Colorado law. While aliens are indeed correct, generally Colorado employers will not actually have a human resource expert at their beck and call. Instead, many employers push their luck and hope that the Department of Labor and Employment will just leave them alone. For those who want to follow the law, however, your Colorado employment culture is very complicated. Take, for example, the comprehensive termination requirements for Colorado employers.

A layperson will understand that terminated employees need a reason for their termination in Colorado. Terminations may or may not be wrongful; but humans want to work in environments where they feel they are told the truth and appreciated. Because of this, you may want to tell a dismissed employee why she is being laid off or her employment is being terminated. You may also have to give her information regarding her benefits or severance agreement, her last paycheck, and information about jobs available in Colorado. Overall, the termination process can take a while and a lot of effort by human employers.

A being with alien intelligence would understand the above scenario but think humans complicate such a simple thing over and over. An advanced intelligent species could understand why the Earth humans would have so many steps during the termination process, yet not question many of the requirements. The alien would know humans have spent years perfecting the termination process and would eventually come to understand the numerous layers employment laws here. The alien would see what we see – obtaining the best employment staff, staying on top of the latest rules and changes, and making sure every step along the way keeps up with breaching that ever-elusive fine line between legality, compassion, and confusion. Through the alien’s technical and analytical mind, the restrictions previously discussed between a terminated employee and manager would be easily understood. The alien would recognize the purpose of the process, breakdown the process, and complete the process as dictated by Colorado law. What would the alien have to worry about? Not telling the employee several of the following requirements of a lawful Colorado termination: While the above eleven points may not be all steps required by law, human employers should at least recognize Colorado employers must drill down considerably deeper than before when dismissing a worker. Aliens would have no confusion. They would automatically apply each step. Human employers, on the other hand, need to take a good look at the above list. They must begin to appreciate the intricacies and details humans have placed not only on their emotional well-being, but also on their legal obligations to terminated employees. If not, “goodbye:” my alien friend would say, as he walks towards Colorado’s next employer who has studied these requirements closely, and with alien intelligence, will most likely complete a termination process without a hitch.