8-12-116. Penalty for violations.

Statute text

(1) Any person, having legal responsibility for a minor under the age of eighteen years, who knowingly permits such minor to be employed in violation of this article, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense.

(2) Any person, firm, or corporation, or any agent, manager, superintendent, or foreman of any firm or corporation, who, by himself or herself or through an agent, subagent, foreman, superintendent, or manager, knowingly violates or knowingly fails to comply with any of the provisions of this article 12 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense. Upon conviction of a second or subsequent offense, such person shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.

History

Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 897, 1. C.R.S. 1963: 80-6-16. L. 2021: (2) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3141, 90, effective March 1, 2022.

Annotations

 

ANNOTATION

Annotations

A parent whose child was injured indirectly by an employer's violation of the Colorado Youth Employment Opportunity Act as to another child does not have a private cause of action under the act. Grizzell v. Hartman Enters., Inc., 68 P.3d 551 (Colo. App. 2003).