Colorado Ups Minimum Work Hours for Agricultural Worker Overtime

Starting Jan. 1, 2027, Colorado agricultural workers must work at least 56 hours in a workweek before being eligible for overtime, under a bill effective May 4.

SB 26-121 generally applies to all agricultural employees except for those principally engaged in livestock production, family members of the agricultural employer, and decision-making managers, who are exempt from overtime. Employees are decision-making managers if they are paid the state’s minimum salary threshold for overtime exemption, are not employed on a seasonal or temporary basis, and have primary duties that require independent judgment and discretion, under the bill.

The bill replaces a section ...