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Head of new Office of New Americans named
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment hired Dee Daniels Scriven as director of its new Office of New Americans, according to a news release. Scriven previously worked for more than 12 years at the Office of Refugee Resettlement at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The new office, created by House Bill…
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Colorado unemployment rate drops again in May
Colorado’s unemployment rate fell to 3.5% in May, its lowest level since the pandemic began. And the state’s economy has recovered more than twice as quickly as it did during the Great Recession, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment announced Friday. May was the 11th month in a row in which Colorado’s unemployment rate either…
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Colorado unemployment rate falls again in March
Colorado’s unemployment rate tumbled again in March as the state’s economy continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The rate slid to 3.7%, down from 4% in February, the Colorado Department of Labor and Environment reported Friday. That’s the lowest level since 2.8% in February 2020, right before the pandemic cratered many industry sectors, forcing mass…
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Colorado recovers jobs lost in first months of pandemic
Colorado’s private sector has recovered all of the jobs lost early in the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. Since May 2020, the state has added 370,000 private sector payroll jobs, compared to losses totaling 358,800 in March and April 2020 that were triggered by a stay-at-home state…
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Colorado unemployment rate falls for fifth consecutive month
Colorado’s unemployment rate fell in November for a fifth consecutive month , the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reported Friday. The state’s 5.1% jobless rate last month was down from 5.4% in October; it has dropped a full percentage point since July as 30,000 more people held jobs in November than did four months…
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Pandemic unemployment doubles in one week; regular unemployment hits 6-month high
Colorado’s unemployment rates are returning to record-breaking peaks from the first two months of the COVID-19 pandemic as cases rise and businesses close throughout the state. In the week ending Nov. 28, 17,130 regular unemployment claims were filed, according to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. That is the highest number of claims since…
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Colorado first-time unemployment claims climb to 6-month high
First-time unemployment claims in Colorado jumped last week to a six-month high as many Front Range counties returned to state restrictions that forced many restaurants to shut down indoor dining and other businesses to face severe capacity limits. Colorado first-time unemployment claims surge to 4-month high The number of claims filed by payroll workers rose…
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Colorado jobs and unemployment: CoPo’s monthly snapshot
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment is out with its latest monthly jobs report for the state, covering February. Here are the key takeaways for the state’s workers. Payroll jobs (non-farm): Up 700 from the previous month, to 2,749,600, and up 44,800 from a year earlier. Private sector payroll jobs (non-farm): Up…
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THE PODIUM | Let’s make the ‘gig economy’ work for everyone — including workers
If you have ever used Uber or Lyft, booked a cleaning service through Handy, or ordered food from Door Dash or Instacart then you, like many Coloradans, have participated in the “gig economy.” Studies estimate that more than 10 million workers are employed in this sector and act as independent contractors – a number…
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Governor adds another smart beer guy to Cabinet’s mix
Colorado’s brewmaster-in-chief has named a fellow man in suds to run the state’s Department of Labor and Employment. If confirmed by the state Senate, Sam Walker would come to state government from Molson Coors Brewing Co., where he was has worked since 2002, most recently as chief legal and corporate affairs officer. Before that he…