GENERAL PROVISIONS

Denver Revised Municipal Code ch. 18, art. II, div. 1

in effect

Denver Revised Municipal Code § 18-11 Bi-weekly payday; lag payroll system.

Sec. 18-11. - Bi-weekly payday; lag payroll system. Employees shall be paid on a biweekly basis to the extent permitted by law. The mayor is authorized to designate the day of the week for biweekly payment of the salaries and wages of employees of the city receiving biweekly pay, and is authorized to change such pay day from time to time. Whenever a payday falls upon a holiday as defined in article IV of this chapter or on a mandatory furlough day ordered by the mayor, payment of salaries and wages shall be made on the preceding business day. The city is authorized to implement a lag payroll system; provided, however, that as to county court judges and the district attorney, the lag pay system shall be consistent with state law. (Ord. No. 959-05, § 1, 12-19-05)

Denver Revised Municipal Code § 18-12 Transition provisions for conversion to lag payroll system.

Sec. 18-12. - Transition provisions for conversion to lag payroll system. Any employee being converted to a lag payroll system in January 2006, January 2007, or January 2008 is hereby authorized to receive, during the first pay period in which the lag payroll system is being implemented, the following forms of financial assistance from the city upon the request of the employee: (a) Cash-out up to forty (40) of the employee's accrued vacation hours in no less than eight-hour increments; (b) A noninterest-bearing loan based on the employee's gross salary and wages, up to a maximum of thirty-two (32) hours of pay in no less than eight-hour increments, with repayment of the loan required through payroll deductions in twenty-four (24) equal installments; or (c) A combination of vacation cash-out and a noninterest-bearing loan up to a maximum of thirty-two (32) hours of accrued vacation and loan hours, in no less than eight-hour increments, with repayment of the loan required through payroll deductions in twenty-four (24) equal installments. (Ord. No. 959-05, § 1, 12-19-05)

Source: City and County of Denver, Revised Municipal Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/denver/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIREMUCO_CH18EMOFPABE_ARTIICLPAPL_DIV1GEPRFetched: 10/27/2026