# Colorado — Workers' compensation waiting periods and retroactive thresholds by US state

For Colorado, waiting period (days) is 3 days; retroactive trigger (days) is 2 weeks (14 days); how days are counted is Calendar days from the day the employee leaves work as a result of the injury. If the period of disability does not last longer than three days, no disability indemnity is recoverable. If the period lasts longer than two weeks, indemnity is recoverable from the day the employee leaves work; statute or rule citation is Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-42-103, recorded from its source on 2026-08-17.

- **State:** Colorado _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Waiting period (days):** 3 days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Retroactive trigger (days):** 2 weeks (14 days) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How days are counted:** Calendar days from the day the employee leaves work as a result of the injury. If the period of disability does not last longer than three days, no disability indemnity is recoverable. If the period lasts longer than two weeks, indemnity is recoverable from the day the employee leaves work. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute or rule citation:** Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-42-103 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> If the period of disability does not last longer than

## Source

- https://cdle.colorado.gov/sites/cdle/files/WC_ACT_2019_linked.pdf

Last verified: 2026-08-17. Review by: 2027-08-17.
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