Lake County Sees July Jobs Uptick Last week’s Colorado Employment Situation – July 2020 distributed by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) reported what many anticipated in terms of the Leadville picture. The more than 5% increase in […]
State Unemployment Benefits Extended On Thursday, Aug. 13 the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) announced the availability of up to 13 weeks of state extended unemployment benefits (SEB) for those Coloradans who exhaust both their allotted 26 weeks […]
Leadville Numbers Barely Budge in Busy Season “Nobody wants to go back to work.” It was a concise answer from an eatery entrepreneur about how business was doing on historic Harrison Avenue during what would normally be the thick of […]
State Releases May Jobs Report As people begin to return to work, the unemployment rate is dropping in Lake County but overall remains high across the region. The May report from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) puts […]
Lake County Unemployment Hits 16.7% Updated 5/28/2020/9 a.m. Today, May 28 the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) announced there were 15,603 initial regular unemployment claims filed the week ending May 23. This is compared to 17,825 the week […]
Lake County’s “Just Me” Businesses Get Help Yesterday’s announcement could be a real game-changer for many of the self-employed and independent contractors living and working in Leadville Today. A new point of access for unemployment benefits opened up yesterday and […]
How Businesses Prepare for the Busy Season If ever there was a time for labor issues in the Colorado central Mountains to be front and center it’s the month of March as hundreds of thousands of spring break vacationers descend […]
Overtime and Min. Wage for Fair Labor On January 22, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment’s (CDLE) Division of Labor Standards and Statistics (DLSS) adopted as final the Colorado Overtime and Minimum Pay Standards Order (COMPS), with the effective date […]
Lake County Economic Growth Numbers The Colorado Workforce Center in Leadville recently released its quarterly report outlining the most up-to-date workforce intelligence for Lake County. Are you wondering who the top employer is in Lake County? Curious about how many […]
As Leadville heads into the busy summer season, Lake County is experiencing a labor shortage it hasn’t seen in decades. More jobs news can be found over on the Leadville Today website.
Leadville City Officials Sworn Into Office Last Night It was standing room only at Leadville City Council Chambers during last night’s Swearing In ceremony of newly elected city officials and law enforcement officers. Municipal Judge Neil Reynolds took the new […]
Colorado Gets High — er Minimum Hourly Wage Did you get a raise in the New Year? Well, if you’re one of nearly 65,000 minimum wage laborers in Colorado you did just get a raise . . . to $8/hour. […]
