Definitions.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 53-202
in effectSec. 53-202. - Definitions.
(a) The following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this section, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning.
(1) "Employee" shall mean any natural person who performs within the city sufficient services to receive as compensation therefor from an employer no less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for any period of time in a calendar month, upon a salary, wage, commission or other basis of compensation, whether or not all of the services of such person are performed within the city.
(2) "Employer" shall mean an individual, association, corporation (including a corporation not for profit), governmental administration, agency, arm, authority, board, body, branch, bureau, department, division, subdivision, section or unit, or any other entity, who or that employs one (1) or more persons on a salary, wage, commission or other compensation basis.
(3) "Wages" shall mean any remuneration for services performed by an employee for any employer, including the cash value of all such remuneration paid in any medium or form other than cash.
(Ord. No. 1305, § 5, 12-7-20)
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_CH53TAMIRE_ARTVEMOCPRTA_DIV1GE_S53-202DEFetched: 10/27/2026