This Law Firm Publication by Holland & Hart LLP discusses new Colorado employment laws and regulations that took effect in 2013 or are going into effect in 2014, including Minimum Wage Order 30 which was adopted by the Colorado Division of Labor and which increases the minimum wage in Colorado from $7.78 (in 2013) to $8.00 per hour effective January 1, 2014. The minimum wage in Colorado for tipped employees also increases to $4.98 per hour. Minimum Wage Order 30 is effective January 1, 2014.