Code of Colorado Regulations
1100 - Department of Labor and Employment
1101 - Division of Labor Standards and Statistics (Includes 1103 Series)
7 CCR 1103-6 - PREVAILING WAGE AND RESIDENCY (PWR) RULES
6 - Filing and Investigation of Complaints

(A) Anonymous complaints are not accepted by the Division.

(B) Complaints shall be filed using the Division-approved form, and the complaint shall include the complainant's signature, contact information, and the basis for the complaint. Failure to include this information on the complaint form may result in administrative dismissal of the complaint.

(A) A complainant may, but is not required to, use the Division's public project prevailing wage complaint form to file a complaint with the contracting agency.

(B) Upon receipt of a complaint, the contracting agency shall report the perceived violation to the contractor of the project, and, if applicable, the subcontractor which is the subject of the complaint within 48 hours of being made aware of the alleged violation.

(C) If, within fifteen days of being notified of the alleged violation, the contractor or subcontractor (1) demonstrates to the contracting agency that no violation occurred or that any violation was the result of legitimate administrative error and (2) remedies any violation, the complaint shall be dismissed.

(D) If the contracting agency determines that a "willful violation" occurred or the contractor or subcontractor fails to remedy any alleged violation within fifteen days of being notified, the contracting agency shall report the violation to the Division. Upon receiving a report of an alleged violation from a contracting agency, the Division will treat the report as a complaint and investigate it pursuant to the Wage Protection Rules, 7 CCR 1103-7, to the extent not inconsistent with those Rules, to determine if the perceived violation was conducted in a willful manner, as defined in Rule 2.18 of these Rules.

(A) the employee's complaint to the contracting agency, if it is not resolved under Rule 6.2.1(C) or reported to the Division under Rule 6.2.1(D) of these Rules in that time; or (B) the Division's determination pursuant to Rule 5 of the Wage Protection Rules, 7 CCR 1103-7.

(A) Such civil action may be brought in the district court for the county where the alleged violation occurred, the county where the complainant resides, or the county where the person against whom in the civil complaint is filed resides or has their principal place of business, and must be brought within three years after the occurrence of the alleged violation.

(B) Such civil action may be brought for appropriate injunctive relief, actual damages, or both, and may be brought by one or more employees or former employees on behalf of him or herself or themselves and other employees similarly situated.