Companies are excluding Coloradans from consideration for remote work positions, seemingly in an effort to avoid compliance with a state law aimed at

Why Corporations Won’t Hire Remote Workers in Colorado

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2021-05-31 02:00:07

Companies are excluding Coloradans from consideration for remote work positions, seemingly in an effort to avoid compliance with a state law aimed at increasing transparency around pay inequities.

For example, at Insperity―an outsourcing firm that provides human resources services―one job states “Must be capable of working remotely from the Central / Midwestern U.S. This role cannot be performed in Colorado.” The language was replicated across a host of other job postings by companies, such as RapidSOS where openings for a Global Accounts Director, Senior Growth Marketing Manager, Marketing Manager, and Customer Success Manager all added the simple phrase near the end.

Job listings all over the country explain that positions at, for example, Johnson & Johnson, IBM, alcohol delivery app Drizly (recently acquired by Uber), Unite Us, Stride K12, call center company Concentrix, Contrast Security, and more are intended to be worked remotely. From anywhere, it seems, except Colorado.

“Work location is flexible if approved by the Company except that the position may not be performed remotely from Colorado,” the Johnson & Johnson job listing reads. “IBM intends this job to be performed entirely outside of Colorado,” an IBM listing states. A Drizly job listing explains that it is an equal opportunity employer but that “this role can be performed remotely anywhere in the United States with the exception of Colorado.”