Tag: Department Of Labor
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Western Slope farmers fear impact of mass deportations and labor market changes
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PALISADE • To be a farmer in any era is to live, unsteadily, with constant change. On rural Colorado’s small family farms one thing is certain: the landscape of agriculture is shifting. And the tenuous balance is in for a new test as promises of mass…
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Parker man indicted for taking $1.4 million in COVID-19 relief
A Parker man faces a federal indictment for fraudulently obtaining funds through COVID-19 assistance programs over three years, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Colorado said on Wednesday. Tarek Kassem, 63, is accused of applying for, and receiving, more than $1.4 million in Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) and more than $300,000 in Payroll Protection Program…
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Federal judge declines to intervene in Biden minimum wage rule for seasonal river guides
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge in Colorado refused to block a Biden administration regulation increasing the minimum wage for federal contractors, including seasonal river guides who operate on public land. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Philip A.…