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FMLA: Colorado

This guide provides HR professionals with an in‑depth review of Colorado family and medical leave requirements, including paid leave under the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Act and additional leave protections.

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by Margaret Parnell Hogan and Susan A.P. Woodhouse, Littler

Summary

This guide provides an in-depth review of Colorado family and medical leave requirements, including paid leave under the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Act, and an overview of leave as a pregnancy accommodation and adoption leave.

In this guide, learn about:

  • Family and medical leave
    • Same-sex marriage
    • Colorado Civil Union Act
    • Colorado Family Care Act
  • Paid family and medical leave
    • Employer coverage
    • Employer participation requirements
    • Employee eligibility
    • Qualifying reasons for leave
    • Leave amountsIntermittent leave
    • Claims process
    • Compensation and benefits during leave
    • Reimbursement of advance payments
    • Ineligibility for benefits
    • Employee notice requirements
    • Employer notice and posting requirements
    • Employer confidentiality requirements
    • Reinstatement
    • Prohibited actions
    • Enforcement and penalties
    • Plan options
    • Interaction with other laws and policies
  • Pregnancy disability leave and accommodation
  • Adoption leave
  • Interaction of leave laws
  • Local requirements
    • Denver pregnancy leave and accommodation
  • Future developments

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Jurisdiction: Colorado

Latest updates

Updated to reflect paid family and medical leave amendments and regulations regarding neonatal care leave and its duration, and amended regulations regarding the definition of reduced leave schedule and the interaction with disability benefits and other leaves, all effective January 1, 2026.

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About the author

Littler

Littler, the largest global employment and labor law practice, exclusively represents the global employer community in all aspects of employment and labor law. Littler litigates, mediates and negotiates some of the most influential employment law cases and labor contracts on record.

Littler’s practice areas are extensive and their expertise crosses over multiple industries and spans a wide array of employment law areas such as discrimination and harassment, labor management relations, executive compensation, ERISA and benefit plan litigation, leaves of absence and disability accommodation, hiring, performance management and termination, employment practices audits and wage and hour.

Littler is the exclusive author of Brightmine’s prestigious Employee Handbook. Their experience with preparing employee handbooks and their ongoing contributions to Brightmine in the areas of federal and state leaves of absence, disabilities and multistate employer issues made them a natural fit to partner with us on the creation of a robust set of model handbook policy statements and guidance for federal, state and key municipalities.

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