Tag: Layoffs
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Denver mayor backs rule change making city layoffs easier
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Mayor Mike Johnston is backing efforts to rewrite the city’s career service rules governing layoffs to make it easier to let employees go in light of a $250 million budget deficit over the next 18 months. A panel of city officials met last Wednesday…
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114 people laid off from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden
The layoffs come as part of the Trump administration’s proposal to cut the Department of Energy budget
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Transportation company lays off 100-plus workers across Colorado
A Kansas company with operations in several Colorado cities announced last week it is laying off 104 employees in the state. The company, Lenexa, Kansas-based Hallcon, filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification with the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment on Thursday . It is unclear what prompted the layoffs, which began last week…
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Thule Longmont office to lay off 22 employees
A Thule Group office will layoff 22 employees at its Longmont office later this year, according to a Worker Adjustment Re-training Notification (WARN) letter submitted to the state Wednesday. The Thule Group corporate location in Longmont, 2420 Trade Centre Ave., has a total of 40 employees, according to the WARN letter. Of the 40, 22…
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Some fired Colorado VA workers say they’ve been reinstated
Some Veterans Affairs workers based in Colorado said they’ve been reinstated or told they would be hired back. Bilal Torens, an Air Force veteran who served in Kuwait and Qatar, said his supervisor called him on Thursday and asked him if he would like to have his job back — to which he replied yes. …
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Colorado USFS employees speak out after DOGE layoffs
Ian McDonald and his entire crew won’t be clearing trails and other important duties near Steamboat Springs, Colo. this summer. Video courtesy of Ian McDonald.
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Federal workforce in Colorado receives resignation emails in Trump’s buyout plan
Across Colorado, tens of thousands of employees received emails asking them to resign Tuesday, as part of President Donald Trump’s effort to reshape the federal workforce that has received fierce pushback from unions. While most Department of Defense employees did not receive the email with the subject line “Fork in the Road,” they went out…
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DU closes $12 million budget gap but financial concerns persist
The University of Denver has closed a $12 million budget shortfall. Declining enrollment at the state’s largest private university created the deficit this fall, which led to layoffs and budget cuts. A Dec. 5 email sent to DU faculty, staff and students said the gap, about 2% of the university’s total annual budget, has been closed.…