{"id":317104,"date":"2025-11-25T03:22:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T03:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/whos-responsible-for-uniform-costs-employee-or-employer-employers-lawyers-blog\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T03:22:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T03:22:26","slug":"whos-responsible-for-uniform-costs-employee-or-employer-employers-lawyers-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=317104","title":{"rendered":"Who\u2019s Responsible for Uniform Costs, Employee or Employer? | Employers&#8217; Lawyers Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2577\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2577\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.employerslawyersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Dobbins_Dana_gallery-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.employerslawyersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Dobbins_Dana_gallery-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.employerslawyersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Dobbins_Dana_gallery-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.employerslawyersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Dobbins_Dana_gallery-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.employerslawyersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Dobbins_Dana_gallery-624x624.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.employerslawyersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Dobbins_Dana_gallery.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2577\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dana Dobbins<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollandhart.com\/ddobbins\">Dana Dobbins<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Question: <\/em><\/strong><em>Can an employer have employees sign an agreement authorizing the employer to deduct from employees\u2019 paychecks to cover the cost of employee uniforms?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong> In Colorado, whether a deduction is permissible depends on the type of uniform.<\/p>\n<p>If the employer requires clothing with a special color, make, pattern, logo, or material, the employer must furnish the uniform, cannot deduct the cost from an employee\u2019s wages, and cannot require a deposit.<\/p>\n<p>If the employer\u2019s uniform is more basic (for example, dark pants and a light blue<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> collared shirt, without any limitations on the material or supplier), the employer can require employees to purchase the uniform themselves or can deduct for the cost of the clothing (though, to avoid a gray area, the safest bet is simply to let employees purchase their own).<span id=\"more-2943\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, if the uniform requires special care such as ironing, dry cleaning, pressing, etc., the employer must pay for that as well. The cost of ordinary wear and tear of a uniform cannot be deducted from an employee\u2019s wages.<\/p>\n<p>If an employee damages a uniform (beyond regular wear and tear), or does not return it upon separation from employment, then the employer may deduct the value of the uniform it furnished to the employee so long as it has a prior, written agreement in place with the employee. As with any deduction, it must not bring an employee\u2019s wages below minimum wage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> Employers can require a certain color so long as they allow a wide range of shades readily available in stores. INFO #16 illustrates the difference: \u201clight blue\u201d is permissible because it encompasses a wide variety of shades, but \u201csky blue\u201d or \u201cpastel blue\u201d would be too specific.<\/p>\n<div class=\"printfriendly pf-button pf-button-content pf-alignleft\">\n                    <a href=\"#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.employerslawyersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/share-icons.jpg\" alt=\"Print Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\" class=\"pf-button-img\" style=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dana Dobbins By\u00a0Dana Dobbins Question: Can an employer have employees sign an agreement authorizing the employer to deduct from employees\u2019 paychecks to cover the cost of employee uniforms? 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