City and County of Denver - File #: 21-0703

• File #: 21-0703
• Version: 1
• Type: Bill
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/14/2021
• In control: Finance & Governance Committee
• On agenda: 7/19/2021
• Final action: 7/19/2021
• Title: A bill for an ordinance amending the Offenses, Miscellaneous Provisions chapter of the Denver Revised Municipal Code to provide for the offense of wage theft. Amends Chapter 38, Article III of the Denver Revised Municipal Code to create a new crime to knowingly refuse to pay a wage or compensation to a worker or falsely deny the amount of a wage owed, the validity thereof, or that the same is due. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 6-22-21.
• Indexes: Zach Rothmier

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/20/2021	1	Mayor	signed
7/19/2021	1	Council President	signed
7/19/2021	1	City Council	placed upon final consideration and do pass	Pass
7/12/2021	1	City Council	ordered published
6/22/2021	1	Finance & Governance Committee	approved for filing

Other/Miscellaneous Request Template (Appointments; ROW; Code Changes; Zoning Action, etc.)

Date Submitted: 6-14-21

Requesting Agency: City Attorney's Office
Division:

Subject Matter Expert Name:

Name: Anshul Bagga
Email: Anshul.bagga@denvergov.org

Item Title & Description:
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These appear on the Council meeting agenda. Initially, the requesting agency will enter a 2-3 sentence description. Upon bill filling, the City Attorney's Office should enter the title above the description (the title should be in bold font).

Both the title and description must be entered between the red "title" and "body" below. Do not at any time delete the red "title" or "body" markers from this template.
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A bill for an ordinance amending the Offenses, Miscellaneous Provisions chapter of the Denver Revised Municipal Code to provide for the offense of wage theft.
Amends Chapter 38, Article III of the Denver Revised Municipal Code to create a new crime to knowingly refuse to pay a wage or compensation to a worker or falsely deny the amount of a wage owed, the validity thereof, or that the same is due. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 6-22-21.
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Affected Council District(s) or citywide? Citywide

Executive Summary with Rationale and Impact:
Detailed description of the item and why we are doing it. This can be a separate attachment.
In 2014, the Colorado Fiscal Institute estimated the annual rate of wage theft in Colorado to be $750,000,000. A few examples of how employers commit wage theft include, but are not limited to, simply not paying a worker, denying overtime pay, withholding tips, and misclassifying a worker as an independent contractor. Currently, wage theft ...