unemployment benefits
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Appeals court overturns order denying ex-CU coach unemployment benefits for inappropriate comments
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Colorado’s second-highest court determined on Thursday that a state agency wrongly concluded a former University of Colorado skiing coach was disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits because of inappropriate comments he made to female students three months before his termination. Andy LeRoy was briefly CU’s head ski coach from 2021-2023 following his career as an Olympian and University of Denver…
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Ex-DPS officer not eligible for unemployment benefits after texting N-word to boss, appeals court says
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A former Denver Public Schools safety officer who was fired for sending an administrator the N-word in a text message is not eligible for unemployment benefits under state law, Colorado’s second-highest court agreed on Thursday. Shelly Wright maintained she had not purposefully sent the slur, but rather used voice-to-text under “bright sunshine” and had not…
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Colorado appeals court agrees woman fired for vaccine non-compliance not entitled to unemployment benefits
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A woman who was fired because she refused to comply with her employer’s COVID-19 vaccination policy, while seeking neither a religious nor a medical exemption, is not entitled to unemployment benefits, Colorado’s second-highest court decided last month. Kristen Bara worked as the office manager at the Mental Health Center of Boulder County. After her termination,…
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Lawmakers roll out payback for unemployment insurance trust fund
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Federal American Rescue Plan Act dollars will play a major role in paying back a $1 billion federal loan the state had to take out to cover unemployment insurance checks during the pandemic. Senate Bill 234, if signed into law, will take $600 million in pandemic relief funds to allow the state to pay back…
