Tag: Pandemic Unemployment
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State unemployment claims hit nearly 9-month high as CARES Act expires
Initial unemployment claims skyrocketed in Colorado with the highest weekly increase since April, according to data released Thursday by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. For the week ending Jan. 2, initial weekly unemployment claims reached 41,439, the highest number of claims in nearly nine months and an increase of more than 16,000 from…
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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.…
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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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Pandemic unemployment doubles in one week, regular unemployment hits 6-month high
Colorado’s unemployment rates are returning to record-breaking peaks from the first two months of the COVID-19 pandemic as cases rise and businesses close throughout the state. In the week ending Nov. 28, 17,130 regular unemployment claims were filed, according to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. That is the highest number of claims since…
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Colorado’s regular unemployment claims break 9,000 for first time since July
Initial regular unemployment claims in Colorado hit 9,171 for the week ending Nov. 14 — the highest number since July 11, according to data released Thursday by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. This is the fourth week in a row that initial claims have increased. Initial regular unemployment claims jumped by more than…
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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 weekly unemployment claims high but steady throughout October
There were 6,031 regular unemployment claims and 2,554 pandemic unemployment claims filed during the week ending on Oct. 24, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) reported Thursday. These rates are higher than normal but consistent with the rest of the month. CDLE previously reported 5,892, 6,242 and 5,735 weekly regular unemployment claims in…