Colorado employers are required to update their total employee headcount every year.
This annual reporting task will ensure that employers aren’t charged incorrect premiums each quarter when they contribute to the State’s new Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) fund.
The Annual Total Employee headcounts are due by January 31, 2024. The My FAMLI+ Employer portal will provide the headcount used in 2023, and employers can simply update that number for 2024. Here’s how it will look:
Not sure how to count employees? Here’s a handy refresher: Your total headcount will be calculated by counting the number of employees you have on your payroll for a total of 20 or more calendar workweeks in the preceding calendar year. Remember: your total headcount must include nationwide employees, not just those located in Colorado. You'll only report wages and pay premiums for your Colorado employees, but you must include your nationwide workforce in order to determine whether or not you have 10 or more employees. Click on "Employers with Nationwide Employees" here for more examples on how to count your staff.
Employers that report having 10 or more employees will be responsible for sending in the full 0.9% premium for all four quarters in 2024. Employers with 9 or fewer employees will be responsible only for sending the 0.45% employee’s share of the premium for all four quarters in 2024.
The graphic below shows this 20-calendar-week concept in four examples:
Visit famli.colorado.gov/employers for more help in determining your employee headcount.
The Annual Total Employees task needs to be completed by employers. Third party administrators are not able to complete this task on behalf of their clients or through bulk upload.