Tag: Department Of Labor And Employment
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Colorado gained jobs in April, but workforce participation lowest since August 2020
Colorado added 11,800 jobs in April even as the state’s unemployment rate remained unchanged, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reported Friday. Private sector payroll jobs increased by 12,000 while government jobs decreased by 200, the department said. The jobless rate remained at 3.9%, below the national rate of 4.3%. Last year, the state…
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Colorado labor agency says it’s ready to assist federal workers affected by federal shutdown
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment’s Unemployment Insurance Division said it is prepared to assist federal workers living in the state who have been furloughed due to the federal government shutdown. Some 54,300 federal workers live in Colorado, according to the agency. Not all of them will be affected by the shutdown, which began…
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‘Be Like Pat’: Colorado House and Senate pay tribute to Pat Teegarden
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Hearts inside and outside the state Capitol are broken this week over the death of Pat Teegarden, legislative liaison for the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, who died Feb. 5 after a brief illness. Both the state House and Senate paid tribute to Teegarden…
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Small employers must now provide accrued sick leave based on 2020 law
A major change to the state-mandated sick leave policy resulting from legislation passed in 2020 is now in effect, according to an announcement from the state Department of Labor and Employment. Senate Bill 20-205, known as the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, went into effect on Jan. 1 and mandates every employer provide employees with paid sick…
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Regular unemployment up again, pandemic claims down for first time in 10 weeks
After two months of increases, pandemic unemployment claims are down slightly in Colorado; however, regular unemployment claims continue to rise, according to data released Thursday by the Department of Labor and Employment. For the week ending Dec. 26, there were 19,555 initial pandemic unemployment claims, a decrease of nearly 5,000 claims from the previous week.…