Colorado wage payment law is contained in the sections below of the Colorado Revised Statutes.

Sec. 8-2-119 - Wage deductions & backpay awards where unemployment compensation being received.

(1) In any proceeding in this state in which an award of back pay is made, the employer shall pay any such award in full, subject to the provisions of subsection (3) of this section.

(2) The person ordering any such award of back pay shall, within five days after the date of the order, notify the director of the division of employment and training of such award.

(3) If, during the period for which back pay is awarded, the recipient of the award has been receiving unemployment benefits pursuant to the provisions of articles 70 to 82 of this title, the amount of the award shall be reduced by the amount of such benefits and shall be withheld from the award by the employer. The amounts withheld by the employer shall be remitted to the division of employment and credited to the unemployment compensation fund. The employer shall make such remittance within ten days after the award of back pay becomes final.