Colorado · COMPS Order #40 · effective 1 February 2026
Colorado overtime is twelve hours — and consecutive time is not the workday
7 CCR 1103-1 COMPS Order #40 (eff. 1 Feb 2026) is not California with the serial numbers filed off. Rule 4.1.1 pays 1.5× for work in excess of 40 in a workweek, 12 in a workday, or 12 consecutive hours without regard to when the workday starts and ends. Rule 4.1.2: pay whichever of those three yields the greater wages. A thirteenth hour on a single day is 12 regular + 1 overtime, not 8/4/1. A missed paid rest is 10 minutes of wages, not a one-hour premium.
Daily 12, consecutive 12, weekly 40 — pay the greater
Load the 13-hour preset. Hours worked are 13. Daily-12 overtime is 1 hour. Consecutive-12 overtime is also 1 hour if there is no lunch gap. The greater is 1 hour at 1.5×. Colorado has no double-time band after 12.
13h, no lunch → 12 regular + 1 OT
08:00–20:30 with 30 min lunch still punched in → 12h worked, 12.5h consecutive → 0.5 OT (greater of daily 0 and consecutive 0.5)
4 × 12h days → 40 regular + 8 weekly OT (exactly 12 is not daily OT)
Rule 4.1.5 allows a Rule 5.1-compliant meal to be subtracted from consecutive 12. This page counts consecutive hours of the work period: first punch to last punch of a continuous stretch. Unpaid lunch minutes inside a stay-punched-in shift still sit on that stretch, so they count toward consecutive 12. Punch out for the meal (two shifts with a gap) and consecutive time breaks. That is the punch-plus-lunch gap hour-entry tools miss.
Rest is 10 minutes of wages, not a California hour
Rule 5.2’s table: 2 hours or fewer → 0 rests; over 2 up to 6 → 1; over 6 up to 10 → 2; over 10 up to 14 → 3; and so on. Rule 5.2.4 is blunt: a rest that was not authorized and permitted is a failure to pay 10 minutes of wages at the agreed or legally required rate. This calculator adds that 10 minutes per required rest. The extra minutes are not overtime hours and are not a 226.7-style extra hour. The punch panel has no rest-taken flag, so required rests are treated as missed — labeled on the ticket.
Rule 5.1 meal: duty-free 30 minutes when the shift exceeds 5 consecutive hours. An on-duty meal must be paid as time worked. This page will not invent a one-hour missed-meal penalty.
In scope
- 1.5× after 12 hours in a workday
- 1.5× after 12 consecutive hours of the work period (lunch inside a stay-punched-in shift counts)
- Weekly 40, paying the greater, no stacking on the same hour
- Rule 5.2.4 extra 10 minutes of wages per missed rest (required rests treated as missed; no rest flag)
- Punch-in/out, split shifts, unpaid lunch
Out of scope
- California LC 226.7 1-hour meal premium (not COMPS Rule 5.1)
- Rule 2 exemptions (agricultural, ski, heavy vehicle, and the rest of that list)
- Double time (Colorado has none)
- Weighted-average regular rate for multiple positions (Rule 4.1.4)
FAQ
When does Colorado overtime start under COMPS Order #40?
Rule 4.1.1 requires time-and-a-half for work in excess of 40 hours per workweek, 12 hours per workday, or 12 consecutive hours without regard to the start and end of the workday. Rule 4.1.2 says to pay whichever of those three calculations results in the greater payment of wages. A 13-hour day is 12 regular plus 1 overtime, not California’s 8/12/double-time split.
Do unpaid lunch minutes count toward Colorado’s 12 consecutive hours?
Rule 4.1.1(C) measures 12 consecutive hours of the work period. Rule 4.1.5 says a meal may be subtracted only if it complies with Rule 5.1 (uninterrupted, duty-free, at least 30 minutes). This page counts first punch to last punch of a continuous stay-punched-in shift, including unpaid lunch sitting inside that stretch. Clocking out for a meal breaks consecutive time. A 12-hour worked day with a 30-minute lunch still on the clock is a 12.5-hour consecutive period — 0.5 hours of overtime under the greater-of rule.
What is owed for a missed Colorado rest period?
Rule 5.2 requires a compensated 10-minute rest for each 4 hours of work or major fraction, on the posted table (0 rests at 2 hours or fewer, 1 rest over 2 up to 6, 2 rests over 6 up to 10, and so on). Rule 5.2.4: a missed rest is extra 10 minutes of wages at the regular rate, not a 1-hour premium and not overtime hours. This UI has no rest-taken flag, so required rests are treated as missed.
Is the Colorado meal rule a California-style 1-hour premium?
No. Rule 5.1 requires a duty-free 30-minute meal when the shift exceeds 5 consecutive hours. If an uninterrupted meal is impractical, the on-duty meal must be paid as hours worked. This page does not add a Labor Code 226.7 extra hour. Agricultural, ski, and heavy-vehicle exemptions in Rule 2 are out of scope.
