CO · jury_instructions
CJI-Civ. 8:4
Employer and Employee — Defined
The terms “employer” and “employee” refer to the relationship that exists when one
(person) (insert appropriate description of entity), the employer, employs another, the
employee, to do certain work.
In determining whether the relationship exists you should consider whether (name of
alleged employer) selected or employed (name of alleged employee); whether (name of alleged
employer) was to pay (name of alleged employee) or paid (name of alleged employee) wages or
other consideration; whether (name of alleged employer) had the power or right to dismiss
and the right to control (name of alleged employee).
The central element is the right to control the details of performance. It does not
matter whether (name of alleged employer) actually exercised any right to control (name of
alleged employee) (insert applicable pronoun) may have had.
History
CJI-Civ. (2026), Colorado Supreme Court Committee on Pattern Civil Jury Instructions. Dated 2026-02-25 by the committee page's "Revised 2/25/26".
Provenance
- Source
- www.coloradojudicial.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- civ-2026-02-25
- Content hash
25de3f5191498dbbf43be502a511e4630064d841a6bdb3231d976412efff0983
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