Code of Colorado Regulations
1100 - Department of Labor and Employment
1101 - Division of Labor Standards and Statistics (Includes 1103 Series)
7 CCR 1103-8 - DIRECT INVESTIGATION RULES
6 - Appeal
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 5, March 10, 2024
6.1 The employer may appeal a Citation and one or more Notices of Assessment.
6.2 Parties to the appeal will be the employer and the Division Direct Investigations program. Notices to the Division as a party, including disclosure of new evidence pursuant to Rule 6.6 , should be sent via email to cdle_ls_direct_investigations@state.co.us.
6.3 An employer that timely files a valid appeal of the Division's determination will be afforded an administrative appeal hearing before a Division hearing officer. Parties may appear by telephone.
6.4 Consistent with C.R.S. § 8-4-111.5, the hearing officer shall have the power and authority to call, preside at, and conduct hearings. The hearing officer has the power to administer oaths and affirmations, take depositions, certify to official acts, and issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other records deemed necessary as evidence in connection with a disputed determination.
6.5 The parties may submit new testimonial evidence to the hearing officer in accordance with deadlines imposed by the Division. The parties may submit new documentary or other non-testimonial evidence in accordance with deadlines imposed by the Division and upon showing "good cause," which may be assessed based on any relevant factors, including but not limited to:
6.6 New evidence must be sent to all other parties to the appeal. Failure to send all new evidence to all other parties to the appeal may result in the evidence being excluded from the record.
6.7 If the employer that filed the appeal does not participate in the hearing, the appeal may be dismissed.
6.8 The Division shall keep a full and complete record of all proceedings in connection with the investigation. All testimony at a hearing must be recorded by the Division but need not be transcribed unless the hearing officer's Decision is appealed.
6.9 The hearing officer may, upon the application of any party or on his or her own motion, convene a prehearing conference to discuss the issues on appeal, the evidence to be presented, and any other relevant matters that may simplify further proceedings.
6.10 The hearing officer shall make a decision on each relevant issue raised, including findings of fact, conclusions of law, and an order. The hearing officer will decide whether the Division's determination is based on a clear error of fact or law.
6.11 The hearing officer shall not engage in ex partecommunication with any party to an appeal.
6.12 The hearing officer's decision constitutes a final agency action pursuant to C.R.S. § 24-4-106. The Division shall promptly provide all parties with a copy of the hearing officer's decision via U.S. postal mail, electronic means, or personal delivery.
6.13 Any party to the administrative proceeding may appeal the hearing officer's decision only by commencing an action for judicial review in the district court of competent jurisdiction within thirty-five days after the date of mailing of the decision by the Division. The hearing officer's decision constitutes a final agency action pursuant to C.R.S. § 24-4-106. Judicial review is limited to appeal briefs and the record designated on appeal.
6.14 An appeal may, at the discretion of the hearing officer, be sequenced and/or divided into two or more stages on discrete questions of liability and/or relief (i.e., bifurcation), yielding two or more decisions and/or phases of the appeal.