How to file a wage claim in Colorado.
Filed with the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment Direct Investigations Unit. Form: Wage Complaint Form. Statute of limitations: 3 years (CO Wage Act); 2 yr / 3 yr FLSA.
Calculate your specific deadline
Enter the date wages were due → get the deadline for Colorado, federal FLSA, EEOC charge, and NLRB ULP.
Open SOL calculatorWhat this form covers
Colorado HFWA (paid sick leave) violations also enforceable through CDLE.
Where the form is filed
The Wage Complaint Form is the canonical wage-claim form for Colorado. SynthCounsel hosts the official .gov source PDF and re-verifies it nightly.
Federal options run in parallel
State wage claims don’t replace federal claims. The FLSA SOL (2 years; 3 if willful) runs separately from Colorado’s SOL, and you may file with the US DOL Wage & Hour Division for federal minimum-wage and overtime violations. For discrimination claims, the EEOC charge clock starts at 180 days (300 days in deferral states like CA, NY, IL, etc.).
- · FLSA wage claim: DOL WH-31 (dol.gov)
- · EEOC discrimination charge: SynthCounsel wizard + eeoc.gov
- · NLRB unfair labor practice: NLRB-501 (nlrb.gov)
- · OSHA workplace hazard: OSHA-7 (osha.gov)
Wage claim guides for nearby states
Wage claim time limits
All four parallel deadlines (state, FLSA, EEOC, NLRB) from one date.
EEOC charge wizard
Build a Form 5 narrative if your wage claim involves discrimination.