Cartoonist Jim Morrissey observes that sometimes these days it seems the request for gratuity ventures well beyond the bounds of traditional tipping.
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A food hall is bringing Pueblo’s “beautiful building stock” back to life. It’s just the start.
Fuel & Iron Food Hall has taken a community-focused approach by adding on-site workforce housing. The project is helping revitalize the city’s historic downtown.
Posted inBusiness
After 50 years, the owner of Beau Jo’s is selling his famous Colorado pizza shop — to his employees
Owner Chip Bair said he hopes employee ownership will help ensure the pizzeria’s legacy.
Posted inBusiness, News, Outdoors
Vail Resorts promises $175 million more for employees, bumps starting pay to $20 an hour
Vail Resorts will spend $175 million more a year on employees, increasing pay by more than 30% after a grueling season that saw North America’s largest resort operator vilified as it struggled to open chairs and handle crowds. Kirsten Lynch celebrated her 100th day as CEO of Vail Resorts this week, marking what was likely […]
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PERA’s investments generated billions in 2020. But the Colorado pension’s financial condition worsened.
It was another frustrating year for Colorado’s 631,000 public pension members. Despite a banner stock market year that saw Colorado’s Public Employees’ Retirement Association generate 17.4% returns on its investments — more than double its target — the state’s public pension still ended 2020 in worse financial shape than it started. PERA’s unfunded debt to […]
Posted inBusiness, COVID, News
Keep your workers, the loan is forgiven: How Colorado banks are coordinating a massive coronavirus lifeline
As coronavirus cases in Colorado’s mountain communities reached 50, Karen Hoskin made the difficult decision to temporarily close the tasting room of Montanya Distillers. She gave the affected workers two weeks pay and hoped to reassess soon. That was more than two weeks ago. Hoskin, who founded the Crested Butte rum maker in 2008, is […]
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Thousands of seasonal workers told to leave their housing as Vail Resorts ends ski season early
VAIL — When Vail Resorts early Tuesday announced it was closing its North American ski resorts for the season because of the new coronavirus, hundreds of workers in Eagle and Summit counties also learned they had 10 days to vacate their employee housing. “It kind of sucks how they are kicking us out with all […]
Posted inBusiness, COVID, News, Politics and Government, Technology
A plea by Colorado tech firms for a faster response to coronavirus goes national
Just after Colorado identified its first case of coronavirus 12 days ago, Denver companies Ibotta and Guild Education were telling employees to work from home. As more cases were identified locally, a growing group of technology executives began maneuvering behind the scenes. They were concerned that efforts to prevent COVID-19’s spread to vulnerable communities wasn’t […]
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With Jared Polis’ blessing, Colorado lawmakers will try again to let state employees collectively bargain
Colorado lawmakers will try again to pass legislation to allow the state’s roughly 30,000 employees to collectively bargain after years of falling short. The big difference in 2020? The effort has Gov. Jared Polis’ blessing. Polis and Democratic lawmakers rolled out their plans at a news conference on Friday at the Capitol, flanked by state […]
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More Colorado workers will get breaks, must make $42,500 salary to be exempt from overtime under draft policy
More low-wage workers will be covered by the Colorado laws governing overtime pay and breaks under a draft policy change released Monday afternoon, which also would dramatically raise the salary threshold at which employers no longer have to pay their employees overtime. The draft represents a major win for Colorado labor groups, who have long […]