[ad_1]
DENVER — Gov. Jared Polis’ office announced late Friday evening that the governor has rejected six bills, including measures that deal with employee discipline, construction wages and the treatment of energy derived from burning solid waste.
It’s the governor’s first vetoes of bills passed in this year’s legislative session, when lawmakers sent more than 500 bills of the 705 introduced to Polis’ desk. As for Friday night, Polis was still working through more than 300 bills that needed his action.
One of the bills vetoed involved wage claims in the construction industry. House Bill 1008 would have made a general contractor liable for wage claims by workers for salaries allegedly owed by a subcontractor.
In a statement, Polis said he agrees with protecting a worker’s right to be paid.
“This bill, however, would let subcontractors who fail to pay their workers off the hook, do little if anything to prevent additional wage theft, and penalize good actors who pay all their workers on time,” the governor said. “This bill misaligns incentives for subcontractors to pay their workers by making general contractors liable for failing to require that wage theft investigations start with the offending subcontractor and work their way (as is law in the City and County of Denver).”
>Read the full story on Colorado Politics
SUGGESTED VIDEOS: Next with Kyle Clark
9NEWS+
9NEWS+ has multiple live daily shows including 9NEWS Mornings, Next with Kyle Clark and 9NEWS+ Daily, an original streaming program. 9NEWS+ is where you can watch live breaking news, weather updates, and press conferences. You can also replay recent newscasts and find videos on demand of our top stories, local politics, investigations and Colorado specific features.
To download 9NEWS+ on Roku search for KUSA.
To download 9NEWS+ on Fire TV search for 9NEWS.
[ad_2]
Source link
