Code of Colorado Regulations
1100 - Department of Labor and Employment
1101 - Division of Labor Standards and Statistics (Includes 1103 Series)
7 CCR 1103-2 - COLORADO WORKS PROGRAM ACT GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE RULES
Section 3 - Definitions

3.1.1 Administrator: the administrator of the labor standards unit in the division of labor.

3.1.2 Administrative Law Judge (ALJ): an administrative law judge appointed pursuant to section 24-30-1003, C.R.S., as amended.

3.1.3 Adult: the head of a household, including an emancipated minor or an individual over the age of 18.

3.1.4 Complaint: a completed complaint form, or other document containing essentially the same information, received by the division of labor, with regard to a potential violation of the provisions of the Colorado Works Program Act, or these rules.

3.1.5 Complainant: a person who has filed a complaint with the division of labor.

3.1.6 Director: the director of the division of labor.

3.1.7 Displacement of a regular employee by a participant: includes but is not limited to:

3.1.8 Division: the division of labor in the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment established by section, 24-1-121(3)(a)(l), C.R.S, as amended.

3.1.9 Employee: any adult, performing labor or services for the benefit of and subject to the direction and control of an employer.

3.1.10 Employer: any individual, limited liability company, partnership, corporation, association, county, and public or private organization of any character employing any Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (JANF) welfare to work participant in Colorado.

3.1.11 Executive Director: the executive director of the department of labor and employment.

3.1.12 Final Determination: the decision of the director at Step II - Director's Hearing unless appealed to Step III - Administrative Law Judge. In such cases the final determination is the decision of the administrative law judge.

3.1.13 Final Investigative Report: the final investigative report released by a division investigator at step I of the grievance process. The report shall contain findings, recommendations, and appropriate material responses from interested parties.

3.1.14 Finding: a summary of a condition, in a preliminary or final investigative report, which is substantially out of compliance, or may have a material impact on an employer's positive participation in programs authorized by the Colorado Works Program Act.

3.1.15 Full time: performing work for the benefit of an employer for a minimum of 32 hours per work

3.1.16 Hearing: a hearing as described in the Section 7 - Grievance Procedure of these rules.

3.1.17 Investigator: an investigator of the division of labor.

3.1.18 Investigator's Determination: the initial findings and recommendations made by the investigator in the final investigative report.

3.1.19 Participant: an adult participating in a Welfare-to-Work component of the CWPA or Subtitle A, (TANF Block Grant) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996, as amended. A participant becomes a regular employee when he/she attains permanent employment, and is no longer receiving public assistance under the TANF programs referenced in section 3.1.26.

3.1.20 Person: any individual, corporation, government, or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, limited liability company, partnership, association, or other legal entity.

3.1.21 Preliminary Report: the initial report prepared by a division investigator in step I of the grievance process, and is intended to inform interested parties of the likely content of the final investigative report, and to prompt written responses to the findings and recommendations contained in the report.

3.1.22 Program: refers to organized strategical plans, with regard to welfare reform, as referenced and authorized in the Colorado Works Program Act (CWPA), or the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), as amended.

3.1.23 Recommendation: an official suggestion, in a preliminary or final investigative report, regarding the actions an employer might take to bring an outlined condition into compliance, or interested parties might take to bring resolution to an outlined dispute.

3.1.24 Re-determination: the review conducted by the administrator of the labor standards unit in the division of labor.

3.1.25 Regular Employee: an employee who is not a participant, and who was working for an employer during the period relevant to any complaint filed under these rules.

3.1.26 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF): Refers to the implementation of federal block grants assistance under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA).