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The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment is also working to address $17.5 million in overpayments, a depleted Trust Fund and the approaching end of $600 weekly pandemic payments
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Fraudsters foiled by Colorado’s unemployment office as number of new out-of-work claims decline
By Tamara Chuang Business Primary category in which blog post is published
Nearly one-third of new pandemic unemployment claims last week were fake, Colorado’s labor department says
By Tamara Chuang Business Primary category in which blog post is published
Colorado’s unemployment rate improves slightly to 10.2% in May
By Jesse Paul Business Primary category in which blog post is published
Colorado has paid out more than $2 billion in unemployment benefits since March
By Jesse Paul Business Primary category in which blog post is published
Only 6% of calls to Colorado’s unemployment line are getting answered. But changes are on the horizon.
Calls to the state's unemployment call center are 10-30 times higher than pre-coronavirus. Colorado has ramped up its capacity, but soon getting help may no longer require a phone call.
Colorado’s unemployment rate hit 11.3% in April, its highest-ever level
The rate is the highest it has been since the state began tracking unemployment levels in 1976
25,000 more Coloradans filed for unemployment last week, bringing coronavirus total to 476,000
The new filings continue a slowing trend over the past several weeks in the number of people submitting claims
Colorado’s unemployment system, slammed with coronavirus claims, inadvertently exposed people’s private data
The unauthorized access is blamed on a vendor's technical issue and was identified and blocked within an hour after it was noticed on Saturday, according to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment
Colorado’s unemployment fund could run out of money next month. Here’s what that means for businesses.
Some businesses will see a 54-85% hike in insurance premiums as Colorado's jobless fund becomes insolvent
Nearly 420,000 people have filed unemployment claims in Colorado since coronavirus crisis began
The claims continued to rise even as some businesses in Colorado begin reopening as restrictions on people's movement are eased
Another 79,000 Coloradans filed for unemployment last week, bringing coronavirus total to more than 350,000
The new numbers indicate that Coloradans have been losing their jobs at a fairly steady clip over the past five weeks with no signs of the damage leveling out or slowing down.
Colorado’s unemployment rate hit 4.5% in March; $600 federal payments for jobless begin next week
The unemployment rate in March was 4.5%, up from 2.5% in February. Labor officials think $50 million a week will be paid to unemployed workers in Colorado.
Colorado unemployment claims passed 100,000 last week as job losses continue to outpace Great Recession levels
Mountain communities saw the largest increases in unemployment claims. The state’s filing system, meanwhile, is gearing up to pay out an additional $600 a week thanks to the federal stimulus package.