Colorado Code § 24-34-408

Employer record keeping - repository of discrimination complaints - definition
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(1) An employer shall preserve any personnel or employment record the employer
made, received, or kept for at least five years after the later of:
(a) The date the employer made or received the record; or
(b) The date of the personnel action about which the record pertains or of the final
disposition of a charge of discrimination or related action, as applicable.
(2) (a) An employer shall maintain an accurate, designated repository of all written or
oral complaints of discriminatory or unfair employment practices, as described in section 24-34-
402 (1)(a), that includes the date of the complaint, the identity of the complaining party, if the
complaint was not made anonymously, the identity of the alleged perpetrator, and the substance
of the complaint.
(b) Records of complaints in an employer's designated repository maintained in
accordance with this subsection (2) are not public records, as defined in section 24-72-202 (6),
and, for purposes of an employer that is subject to part 2 of article 72 of this title 24, records in a
designated repository are considered personnel files, as defined in section 24-72-202 (4.5), and
are not open to public inspection pursuant to section 24-72-204 (3)(a)(II)(A). Additionally, in
accordance with section 24-72-204 (3)(a)(X), any record of a sexual harassment complaint or
investigation is not open to public inspection except as specified in section 24-72-204 (3)(a)(X)
or (9).
(3) As used in this section, "personnel or employment record" includes requests for
accommodation; employee complaints of discriminatory or unfair employment practices,
whether written or oral; application forms submitted by applicants for employment; other
records related to hiring, promotion, demotion, transfer, layoff, termination, rates of pay or other
terms of compensation, and selection for training or apprenticeship; and records of training
provided to or facilitated for employees.

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