C.R.S. § 8-4-120

(1) An employer shall not intimidate, threaten, restrain, coerce, blacklist, discharge, or in any manner discriminate or retaliate against any employee who has: (a) Filed any complaint or instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding under this article 4 or any other law or rule related to wages or hours; or (b) Testified or provided other evidence, or may testify or provide other evidence, in any proceeding on behalf of the employee or another person regarding afforded protections under this article 4 or under any other law or rule related to wages or hours. (2) An employer who violates this section commits a class 2 misdemeanor. (3) Intentionally left blank —Ed. (a) An employee who alleges a violation of subsection (1) of this section may file a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction against the employer alleged to have violated this section to seek legal and equitable relief as appropriate to remedy the violation, including: (I) Back pay; (II) Reinstatement of employment or, if reinstatement is not feasible, front pay; (III) The payment of wages unlawfully withheld; (IV) Interest on unpaid wages at a rate of twelve percent per annum from the date the wages were first due; (V) The payment of a penalty of fifty dollars per day for each employee whose rights under this section were violated and for each day that the violation occurred or continued; (VI) Liquidated damages in an amount equal to the greater of two times the amount of the unpaid wages or two thousand dollars; and (VII) Injunctive relief. (b) If the employee prevails in a civil action brought pursuant to this subsection (3), the court shall award the employee reasonable attorney fees and costs. (4) The division may investigate and enforce discrimination or retaliation prohibited by this article 4 or article 6 of this title 8 and, after investigation, may order the relief specified in subsection (3)(a) of this section.