Construction. — Colorado Code § 8-3-103

§ 8-3-103. Construction.

Except as specifically provided in this article, nothing in this article shall be construed so as to interfere with or impede or diminish in any way the right to strike or the right of individuals to work, nor shall anything in this article be so construed as unlawfully to invade the right to freedom of speech. Nothing in this article shall be so construed or applied as to deprive any employee of any unemployment benefit which he might otherwise be entitled to receive under any other laws of the state of Colorado. The fact that any provisions of this article have been adopted from other states, or the language of the statutes of other states has been used in the preparation of this article shall not be taken to adopt as the construction of such provisions the decisions of other states construing such statutes of other states. It is not the intention of the legislature in adopting this article necessarily to adopt the construction that may have been placed upon similar provisions by the courts of other states.

Source: L. 43: p. 417, § 24. CSA: C. 97, § 94(24). CRS 53: § 80-5-21. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-4-21.

ANNOTATION

The words "nor shall anything in this article be so construed as unlawfully to invade the right to freedom of speech", pertinent as they may be to the application of such regulatory provisions of the labor peace act as are not predicated upon the prerequisite of compulsory incorporation of a labor union, do not salvage those provisions which were enacted upon the assumption of the imposed corporate form on unions found to be unconstitutional. Am. Fed'n of Labor v. Reilly, 113 Colo. 90, 155 P.2d 145 (1944).

This section does not confer eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits upon a claimant who is otherwise ineligible. McClaflin v. Indus. Claim Appeals Office, 126 P.3d 288 (Colo. App. 2005).