One of Colorado’s leading business groups just endorsed in primary races for the first time. Here’s why.

Colorado Chamber of Commerce this week endorsed 10 candidates running in legislative primaries — a first-time action for an organization that usually stays out of races until the general election but that said the early intervention is necessary as the two parties become increasingly polarized and less willing to engage in more practical business discussions. Read the […]

Time Magazine Quotes Colorado Chamber on Equal Pay Law

In Jan. 2021, Colorado took the unusual move of instituting a law, the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (sponsored by four female Democrats in the General Assembly), that requires online job listings to include compensation information, right there on the post. … Over at the Colorado Chamber of Commerce, President and CEO Loren Furman […]

Colorado legislators look to limit noncompete agreements

Colorado legislators are moving forward with a bill to rein in noncompete agreements — not to ban the common legal document like Washington, D.C., recently did but to better protect the mobility of low-income workers, create more rights for employees around signing the agreements and give the state more teeth in prosecuting misuse of the […]

Controversial workplace harassment reform collapses — again — at the Colorado legislature

One of the most powerful people in the business lobby, Colorado Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Loren Furman, told The Post that she basically agrees with lawmakers on workplace protections — in concept, that is. “Nobody supports harassment happening at the job site, right? We support trying to find a balanced solution for employers […]