Colorado’s unemployment rate rose to 4.4% last month, up one-tenth of a percentage point and the highest in three years. At the same time, there are fewer job openings and fewer people filing to start a new business. … Cynthia Eveleth-Havens, a spokesperson for the Colorado Chamber of Commerce, said that it’s still a challenge […]
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Denver Post: Colorado lawmakers target apartment “junk fees,” proposing to ban some and require transparency
Landlords and businesses would be required to advertise the full price of their services — including the cost of various hidden fees — under new legislation introduced in the Colorado House that’s part of a suite of measures backed by legislative Democrats seeking to curb costs in the state. Lawmakers formally unveiled House Bill 1090 […]
Denver Gazette: Colorado unemployment rises to 4.4%, but state of job market murky due to data issues
Colorado’s unemployment rate rose to 4.4% in December, according to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, up from 4.3% the month before. The state’s unemployment rate is more than a full percentage point from the same time last year. It’s higher than the national average, which fell to 4.1%. … Colorado saw job openings […]
Daybreak Colorado: New Jobs Report Reveals Increase in Colorado Salaries in Q4 2024
Fox 21: Q4 Jobs Report Shows Median Salary in Colorado Increased in 2024
Fox 4: Colorado Jobs Report Shows Salaries Increased in 2024
Fox 31: Colorado Salaries Increased by 6% in 2024
KREX: New Job Report Reveals Salaries Increasing in Colorado
Denver Post: Colorado’s 81-year-old labor law faces overhaul by Democrats as business groups fight to save “compromise”
Liza Nielsen applied to work at Starbucks because of the “promised magical benefits” the company offered, like tuition and health care reimbursement. But when she started at the coffee giant’s Superior store in early 2021, her expectations curdled. She and her coworkers were consistently shorthanded, she said, and they had to fight for enough shifts […]
CPR: This climate coalition wants Colorado union jobs to power the switch away from fossil fuels
Colorado labor unions launched a new coalition Thursday to argue that the transition away from fossil fuels should be powered not just by renewable energy, but by union jobs. Colorado’s AFL-CIO, an umbrella group for statewide unions — as well as electrical, construction, and transit unions — announced the launch of “Climate Jobs Colorado”’ at […]