Tag: Colorado Unemployment
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Colorado saw more jobs last month, as unemployment across U.S. rose slightly
During a month that saw U.S. unemployment rise marginally, Colorado saw its own unemployment rate drop to 4.2%, with another 4,200 Coloradans joining the workforce, according to the latest tally by the state’s Department of Labor and Employment. A household survey by the agency calculated 64.6% of the state’s age-16-plus population was on the job…
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Colorado sees better job performance
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado saw a favorable increase in job performance last month, according to a new report released Friday by the state’s Department of Labor and Employment. A survey of Colorado households showed the number of unemployed individuals dropped in June by 3,400 to 155,300 over the…
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Colorado unemployment rates up again; second-biggest weekly increase for pandemic claims
Initial claims for regular and pandemic unemployment rose for the ninth straight week in Colorado, according to a Thursday report from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. For the week ending Dec. 19, there were 27,989 initial pandemic unemployment claims — the highest number of weekly pandemic claims since the program’s first week in…
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Colorado pandemic unemployment claims highest since program’s first week
Initial claims for pandemic unemployment in Colorado are reaching new heights this month, according to data released Thursday by the Department of Labor and Employment. There were 20,621 pandemic unemployment claims made during the week ending Dec. 12, an increase of nearly 3,000 from the previous week and the second-highest number of weekly initial claims…
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State unemployment claims rise for seventh straight week, hitting 7-month high
Colorado’s regular and pandemic unemployment claims increased for the seventh consecutive week, breaking highs set in May and June, according to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment report released Thursday. There were 19,024 initial regular unemployment claims made in the week ending Dec. 5. That is an increase of nearly 2,000 from the previous…
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Colorado’s pandemic unemployment claims highest since June
Colorado’s unemployment rates are rising, with the number of initial pandemic unemployment claims higher than it has been since June, according to data released Friday by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. There were 7,281 initial pandemic unemployment claims for the week ending on Nov. 7, more than double the number of initial claims…
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Colorado to forgive $1.4 million in unemployment overpayments for thousands of recipients
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Around 9,000 recipients of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) who received $1.4 million in overpayments won’t have to pay it back, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment said Thursday. In a press call, CDLE Deputy…