Out-of-work Coloradans continued to file for unemployment benefits this week, but unlike last week, the state’s system handled thousands more applicants after implementing technology upgrades and staggering filing periods by last name. Between Monday and Thursday, 61,000 applications came through, according to the state Department of Labor and Employment. The numbers don’t include Friday’s filings. […]
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Here’s where the jobs are in Colorado as unemployment surges during coronavirus’ economic meltdown
On Wednesday, the Mesa County Workforce Center job hotline shared nine new jobs, including one for a full-time engineer earning $6,322 a month. A day earlier, there were five new ones, including a part-time youth services specialist paying $22.62 an hour. There’s been a steady flow of new job listings as the shutdown to slow […]
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Colorado’s unemployment site slammed by 180,000 filing attempts in a single week
Colorado’s unemployment portal got slammed with 180,000 attempts by people trying to file for benefits online this week during a period where businesses were forced to limit or close down to stop the spread of the contagious COVID-19. For the same time a week ago, the number was 7,000, according to the state’s Department of […]
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Opinion: I’m the owner of seven Denver restaurants. Coronavirus just forced me to lay off 200 people.
I’ve been in the restaurant business for over 30 years, and 12 of those have been here in Colorado, a place I am proud to call home. I have built a mini restaurant group with seven locations (12@Madison, Osaka Ramen, Sushi-Rama, and The Empire Lounge & Restaurant) with close to 200 family members by my […]
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CHART: We’re tracking Colorado’s coronavirus unemployment surge
Thousands of Coloradans have lost their jobs since businesses across the state cut their hours or shut down completely as part of officials’ attempts to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. And we’ve been tracking two key numbers since March 14, when Gov. Jared Polis ordered the closure of the state’s ski areas, leaving […]
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Unemployment claims skyrocket as thousands of Coloradans lose their jobs
On Sunday, John Cumalat told his seven employees at Cannon Mine Coffee that they were out of a job. But he didn’t close the Lafayette shop as the new coronavirus spread across Colorado. He just wanted to make sure his staff would be able to collect some sort of payment by filing for unemployment if COVID-19, […]
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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 […]
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Gov. Polis says the federal shutdown isn’t impacting Colorado’s state budget — but that could quickly change
Like every other state, Colorado has been feeling the pinch of the ongoing federal government shutdown. But Gov. Jared Polis said Wednesday it’s not affecting the makeup of the state’s budget — yet. “We don’t feel at this point, if the government were to reopen promptly, that there necessarily would be a budget impact to […]
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Federal workers in Jefferson County file one-fourth of Colorado’s 1,642 shutdown unemployment claims
Federal workers in Jefferson County have made the most unemployment claims in Colorado since the government shutdown began three weeks ago, according to data from the state labor department. Approximately 23 percent of the 1,642 unemployment claims filed by federal workers in Colorado since the government shutdown began are from Jefferson County. Denver County ranked […]