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Colorado · ski industry · COMPS Order #40 Rule 2.4.3

Twelve in a day or twelve consecutive. No weekly forty.

7 CCR 1103-1 COMPS Order #40 Rule 2.4.3 (adopted 8 Dec 2025, effective 1 Feb 2026) for employees of the ski industry performing duties directly related to downhill skiing or snowboarding, or on-mountain food and beverage: exempt from the Rule 4 40-hour weekly overtime requirement, but still 1.5× after 12 hours in a workday or 12 consecutive hours. Five 10-hour mountain days are all regular here; under general COMPS they are 40 regular + 10 weekly overtime. This is not California ski 10/48. Punches minus unpaid lunch are hours worked.

Read the order: no weekly 40, still 12 / 12 consecutive

Fetched official CDLE COMPS Order #40 PDF (adopted 8 Dec 2025, effective 1 Feb 2026), the SOS 7 CCR 1103-1 reprint, and the CDLE Labor Rules hub (all HTTP 200). Rule 2.4.3:

Employees of the ski industry performing duties directly related to ski area operations for downhill skiing or snowboarding, and those employees engaged in providing food and beverage services at on-mountain locations, are exempt from (within Rule 4) the 40-hour overtime requirement but not the requirement of overtime pay for over 12 hours that are consecutive or are within a workday. This partial overtime exemption does not apply to ski area employees performing duties related to lodging.

Rule 4.1.1 still supplies the 12-hour daily and 12-consecutive calculations; Rule 4.1.2 pays the greater; Rule 4.1.5 lets a Rule 5.1 meal drop out of consecutive 12 only when it is a true duty-free meal. This page counts consecutive hours of the work period (first punch → last punch of a continuous stretch, including unpaid lunch sitting inside a stay-punched-in shift). Clocking out for a meal breaks consecutive time. Lodging jobs at a ski area stay on /colorado-overtime/. Rule 5.2 missed-rest 10 minutes is also on that page, not here.

13h day 07:00–20:00 @ $20 → 12 regular ($240) + 1 OT ($30) = $270. Same dollars as general COMPS on a single long day.
Five 10-hour days @ $20 → 50 regular ($1,000). General COMPS: 40 regular + 10 weekly OT ($1,100)
Six 10-hour days @ $20 → 60 regular ($1,200). General COMPS: 40 regular + 20 weekly OT ($1,400)
Overnight 18:00–08:00 @ $20 → 12 regular ($240) + 2 daily OT ($60) = $300
Stay-punched-in 08:00–20:30 lunch 30 @ $20 → 12h worked / 12.5h consecutive → 11.5 regular + 0.5 consecutive OT ($245)

In scope

  • Rule 2.4.3: no weekly 40 for downhill / snowboard ops and on-mountain F&B
  • 1.5× after 12 in a workday
  • 1.5× after 12 consecutive hours of the work period
  • Punch-in/out + unpaid lunch (overnight patrol midnight cut)

Out of scope

  • Lodging employees (Rule 2.4.3 last sentence) — /colorado-overtime/
  • General COMPS weekly 40 + rest 10-min (/colorado-overtime/)
  • California WO 10 10/48 (/california-ski-overtime/)
  • FLSA 13(a)(3) full seasonal exemption; 13(b)(29) 56-hour national-forest overlay

FAQ

When does Colorado ski-industry overtime start under COMPS Rule 2.4.3?

COMPS Order #40 Rule 2.4.3 (7 CCR 1103-1, effective 1 February 2026): ski-industry employees performing duties directly related to downhill skiing or snowboarding, or on-mountain food and beverage, are exempt from the Rule 4 40-hour weekly overtime requirement but not from overtime for over 12 hours that are consecutive or are within a workday. There is no weekly 40 on this page.

Is this the same as the general Colorado COMPS overtime calculator?

No. /colorado-overtime/ is Rule 4.1.1: 1.5× after 40/week, 12/workday, or 12 consecutive — pay the greater. Five 10-hour mountain days here are 50 regular and zero overtime; on that page they are 40 regular + 10 weekly overtime. Lodging staff at a ski area stay on /colorado-overtime/ because Rule 2.4.3 does not cover lodging.

Is this California ski overtime after 10 or 48?

No. /california-ski-overtime/ is Wage Order 10 § 3(K): 1.5× after 10 in a workday or 48 in a workweek, plus LC 510 seventh-day. This page is Colorado COMPS Rule 2.4.3: 12/workday or 12 consecutive, no weekly 40, no seventh-day double time.

Does federal overtime still apply to Colorado ski workers?

Maybe. Rule 2.4.3 is a state COMPS exemption from weekly 40 only. Some seasonal amusement establishments are fully exempt from FLSA overtime (29 U.S.C. § 213(a)(3)); some amusement operations on national-park or national-forest land owe FLSA overtime after 56 hours (29 U.S.C. § 213(b)(29)). Those federal overlays are out of scope here — this calculator is the COMPS 12/12 state line.