May 2008 News...

• State Labor Department Launches Automated Payment Card In Colorado:  Payment card offers claimants a secure way to receive unemployment benefits; cuts taxpayer costs associated with check processing and paper consumption
   
• Colorado’s Last Unemployment Check Rolls Off The Press Friday At 12 Noon:  It’s The End Of An Era And The Start Of New Way Of Doing Business

April 2008 News...

• Glenwood Springs Workforce Center:  Offers Job Fair On May 3
   

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For March 2008
   

• Pueblo Workforce Center:  Libraries To Offer Job Seeking Assistance
   

• Report Provides Assessment of Colorado’s Workforce Talent Pool:  Report calls for coordinated statewide effort to implement key recommendations for guiding workforce development into the future
   
• State Labor Department Receives Job Training Grant:  Two colleges to receive funds to address labor shortages in Colorado’s energy industry

March 2008 News...

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For February 2008
   

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For January 2008

February 2008 News...

• Durango Workforce Center To Provide Assistance To Workers In Aftermath Of Main Street Fires:  March 4 Workshop Is A Service Of The Department Of Labor And Employment
   
• Employment Services Of Weld County Ready To Stage 2008 Youth Job Fair:  Recruiting Event Specifically Targeting Youth Comes To The Island Grove Park On March 4, 2008
   

• Assistance On The Way To Adam Aircraft Workers Facing Layoffs:  Friday’s workshop is a service of the Department of Labor and Employment
   

• Broomfield Workforce Center Ready To Stage Metro Area’s First 2008 Youth Fair:  The Youth Career/Job Fair Comes To The Paul Derda Recreation Center On February 21
   
• Rocky Ford Workforce Center To Host Hiring Event For Colorado State Patrol:  February 20th Event Offers Opportunity To Individuals Interested In A Career In A Prestigious Law Enforcement Agency

January 2008 News...

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For December 2007
   

• Business Forum To Be Presented By Pueblo Workforce Center:  Forum To Showcase Employer Incentive Packages And Free Assistance
   

• State Urges Employers To Be Wary When Told They Need Not Carry Workers Compensation Insurance:  Bad advice and misconceptions can lead to fines of up to $250 per day
   

• Yuma Workforce Center:  Relocates To New Offices
   
• Colorado Man Selected By Treasury Department:  To Serve On Taxpayer Advocacy Panel

December 2007 News...

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For November 2007
   

• Employer Presentation To Offer Help In Understanding A Variety
  Of Wage And Hour Laws:  Employers Will Also Learn About Colorado’s New Minimum Wage Law That Takes Effect On January 1
   

• New Minimum Wage To Go Into Effect January 1:  Colorado’s Minimum Wage To Be Raised From $6.85 To $7.02 Per Hour

 November 2007 News...

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For October 2007
   

• State Labor Department To Participate In Hire Vets First Job Fair:  Free Event Offers Great Job Opportunities Plus Access To Resources And Information

October 2007 News...

• Colorado Labor Force Developments: For September 2007
   

• Department Of Labor And Employment To Offer Assistance To Homeless Veterans During 2007 ‘Stand Down’:  November 8 Event A Link To Survival For Hundreds Of Individuals On Denver’s Streets
   
• Governor’s Summer Job Hunt Program Wraps Up 27th Year:  Boulder County Housing Authority And Two Teen Workers Are Honored In Appreciation Ceremony
   

• Colorado State Fair and the City of Pueblo Are Honored as Governor’s Summer Job Hunt Program Wraps Up 27th Year
   

• Governor’s Summer Job Hunt Wraps Up 27th Year:  Teen worker honored by program with award for excellence
   
• Elizabeth Business is Honored as Governor’s Summer Job Hunt Program Wraps Up 27th Year
   
• Delta Business is Honored as Governor’s Summer Job Hunt Program Wraps Up 27th Year
   
• Department Of Labor And Employment To Offer Assistance To Homeless Veterans At First ‘Stand Down’ In Larimer County:  October 30th Event To Be A Link To Survival For Hundreds Of Individuals On The Streets
   
• Lamar Light And Power And Its Teen Workers Honored As Governor’s Summer Job Hunt Wraps Up 27th Year

September 2007 News...

• Burlington Workforce Center:  To Hold Open House On October 10

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For August 2007
   

• South Central Workforce Centers And Rocky Mountain SER To Assist Businesses:  In Understanding Employment Laws
   

• Pueblo Workforce Center To Present E3 Business Forum On Workers’ Compensation:  Free event to be offered as part of Workforce Development Month

August 2007 News...

• Professional Driving Expo 2007:  Comes To Northern Colorado On September 15
   

• Celebrating Colorado’s Workers:  The Crown Jewel Of Our State’s Resources
   

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For July 2007
   

• Workforce Centers To Present Business Continental Breakfast:  Workforce Boulder County And Broomfield Workforce Center Team Up To Produce Special Event For Businesses

July 2007 News...

• State Agencies Team Up With Colorado Brownfields Foundation To Promote The Environmental Cleanup Of Numerous Properties:  First Projects Address Cleanups In Trinidad, Rocky Ford And Leadville
   

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For June 2007

June 2007 News...

• Rocky Ford Workforce Center To Offer Teens Workforce Preparation Skills:  Three Hour Session Offers Teens Successful Tips In Getting A Great Job – And Keeping It
   
• State Labor Department Names Twelve To Serve On Pay Equity Commission:   Group Holds Its First Meeting To Address Wage Gap Issues
   
• State Agency Unveils Immediate Plan:  For School Safety Review
   

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For May 2007
   

• Pagosa Springs Youth Fair A Great Success:  Workforce Center Partners With Community Minded Businesses And Pagosa Springs High School To Stage A Summer Hiring Event
   
• Pueblo Workforce Center To Assist Employers:  In Understanding Colorado’s Employment Verification Law

May 2007 News...

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For April 2007
   

• New Publication Designed To Help Migrant Workers In Southeast Colorado:   Learn About “Living In The Valley”

April 2007 News...

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For March 2007
   

• Department of Labor and Employment Refutes Any Alleged Endorsement:  of a Company Called Servicios De Migracion Para Todos
   
• Partners In Lake County Team Up To Create Workforce Needs Survey:   Leadville Workforce Center, Colorado Mountain College And Leadville/Lake County Chamber Of Commerce Need Employer Participation To Gather Information On Training Needs

March 2007 News...

• Plentiful Job Opportunities At Canon City Workforce Center’s Upcoming Job Fair:  Event Comes To Pueblo Community College Fremont Campus On April 14

• Employment Services Of Weld County And Aims Community College To Host Business Career Fair:  Event Comes To Aims Community College On March 27
   
• Pueblo Workforce Center To Assist Employers:  In Understanding EEOC Laws
   
• 50+ And Fabulous Job Fair To Offer Opportunities To Older Job Seekers:  Free Event To Take Place March 14 At Jefferson County Fairgrounds
   

• Colorado Labor Force Developments: For January 2007
   

• Canon City Workforce Center To Stage Big Job Fair On April 14:  Employers With Jobs To Fill – Now Or In The Near Future -- Are Encouraged To Participate In This Free Event

February 2007 News...

• Pikes Peak Workforce Center To Participate In Military Family Job Fair:  Free Event Offers Great Job Opportunities Plus Access To Resources And Information
   
• Broomfield Workforce Center Ready To Stage Metro Area’s First 2007 Youth Fair:  The Youth Career/Job Fair Comes To The Broomfield Event Center On February 20
   
• Trinidad Workforce Center To Host Special Hiring Event For Lawrence Construction Company:  Experienced Carpenters, Construction Laborers And Equipment Operators Being Sought

January 2007 News...

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For December 2006
   

• Monte Vista Workforce Center To Assist Employers In Understanding New Laws:  Colorado’s Minimum Wage Law and Employer Procedures When Hiring New Employees to be addressed in free seminar
   
• Governor Appoints:  Donald J. Mares Executive Director of Colorado Department of Labor And Employment

December 2006 News...

• Lamar Workforce Center To Assist Employers:  In Understanding Colorado’s New Minimum Wage Law
   
• Workforce Center To Assist Employers:  In Understanding Colorado’s New Minimum Wage Law

November 2006 News...

• State Labor Department Brings Twenty One Unemployment Insurance
  Fraud Cases To Prosecution In Third Quarter 2006:  $236,282.64 In Penalties And Restitution Ordered By The Courts
   

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For October 2006
   

• Governor Owens Declares November:  “Hire A Veteran First” Month
   

• “Winter Job Fair”:  Coming To Summit County On November 8
   

October 2006 News...

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For September 2006
   

• October Declared National Disability Employment Awareness Month:   Workforce Centers Across Northwest Colorado To Focus On Showing Employers How To Tap Into A Valuable Resource
   
• Craig Workforce Center To Host Disability Mentoring Day: Unique Event To Help Students With Disabilities Do Career Exploration With A Wide Variety Of Local Employers
   
• Mile High Veterans Job Fair To Offer Employment Opportunities To Denver Metro Veterans:  This First Annual Event To Act As A Pipeline, Connecting Veterans With Quality Civilian Jobs

September 2006 News...

• E3 Job Fair Coming To Denver On October 3:  Free Event Offers Thousands Of Job Opportunities Plus Access To Resources And Information
   

• Broomfield Workforce Center To Host Job Fair For New Event Center:  Job Seekers Can Meet Face-To-Face With Recruiters Offering Over 200 Part-Time Job Opportunities
   
• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For August 2006
   
• Trinidad Workforce Center To Offer Job Fair For Pioneer Natural Resources Company:  Special Event Will Offer A Variety Of Job Openings To Help Coloradans Plug Into The Prestigious Energy Industry And Power Their Next Career
   
• State Labor Department Successfully Prosecutes Thirty Fraud Cases In Second Quarter Of 2006:  $295,546 In Penalties And Restitution Ordered By The Courts
   
• Governor Owens Declares Month of September:  Workforce Development Month

August 2006 News...

• Colorado Labor Force Developments For:  July 2006

July 2006 News...

• Metro Denver Survey Shows 70% More Job Vacancies Than At This Time Last Year:  Employers Throughout Six County Region Looking To Fill Almost 40,000 Job Openings
   

• Workforce Center Employees Honored

June 2006 News...

• Job Vacancy Survey Shows Increased Employment Opportunities In Mesa County:  Significant jump in jobs open for hire in several industry sectors
   
• Management Seminar:  Offered to Women in Small Business
   
• Governor’s Summer Job Hunt:  Provides Quality Employment Opportunities
  For Teens In Denver Metro Area
   
• Job Vacancy Survey Of San Luis Valley:  Shows continued revitalization of the region’s economy
   
• Job Vacancy Survey Shows Increased Employment Opportunities Across Southeastern Colorado:  Findings show a jump in job openings in several industry sectors
   

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For May 2006
   

• State Labor Department Successfully Prosecutes Sixteen Fraud Cases In First Quarter Of 2006:  $217,600 in penalties and restitution ordered by the courts

May 2006 News...

• Survey of Employers in Larimer and Weld Counties Shows Increased Job Openings:  Over a thousand more jobs open for hire than at same time last year
   
• Eastern Colorado Fares Well In Latest Jobs Survey:  Job Openings At Five Year High In Eastern Colorado

April 2006 News...

• Consortium Of Workforce Centers To Offer Free Grant Writing Seminar:  Two Day Event Is Designed For Government And Nonprofit Professionals
   
• Job Vacancy Survey Shows More Vacancies In Twelve County Northwest And Resort Areas Than A Year Ago:  Almost Two Thousand More Jobs Are Open For Hire Than At This Time Last Year
   
• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For March 2006
   
• Survey Of Pikes Peak Region Shows Significantly More Job Vacancies Than A Year Ago:  Survey Shows Over 7500 Job Openings, More Than Double The Number From A Year Ago
   
• Survey Of Pueblo County Shows Significantly More Job Vacancies Than A Year Ago:  Survey shows over 1500 job openings, more than twice as many from a year ago
   
• Kathryn Mueller Presented With Awards:  Two Prestigious Workers' Compensation Awards

March 2006 News...

• New Online Service Introduced To Provide Verification Of Workers’ Compensation Insurance Coverage: Website Offered By Division Of Workers’ Compensation Is Already Proving Popular
• Northwest And Rural Resort Job Vacancy Survey For Winter 2006 Shows More Vacancies Than A Year Ago: Almost Two Thousand More Jobs Are Open For Hire Than At This Time In 2005
• Broomfield Workforce Center Presents A Hiring Event For Home Depot: Close To 100 Positions Ready To Be Filled During This Special One-Day Event
• Canon City Workforce Center Joins With Three Partners To Offer April 8 Job Fair
• Colorado Labor Force Developments: For January 2006
• Job Vacancy Survey Shows Job Openings In Western And Southwestern Colorado More Than Doubling Since A Year Ago: Survey of eleven counties in Colorado shows significant job growth in the region

February 2006 News...

• Division Of Workers’ Compensation Unveils Web Site Redesign
• Pueblo Workforce Center Establishes New Facility:  Workforce Center Reopens In New Location In Near Record Time  
• Career Fair Of The Rockies To Be Offered March 14: Job Fair To Target Veterans – Including Active Duty, Transitioning And Retired
• Upper Arkansas Region Job Vacancy Survey: Shows Uptick In Hiring
• Colorado’s Labor And Employment: A Preliminary Review Of 2005
• State Labor Department Successfully Prosecutes Fifteen Fraud Cases In November And December  
• Denver Metro Job Vacancy Survey Shows Significantly More Job Openings Than At This Time Last Year

January 2006 News...

• Colorado Labor Force Developments For December 2005

• Lamar Workforce Center Schedules Additional Layoff Assistance Workshops For Neoplan Workers

• Canon City Workforce Center To Relocate To New Office
• State Labor Department Introduces Online Application To File For Continued Unemployment Benefits

December 2005 News...

• Colorado Labor Force Developments For November 2005

• State Labor Department and Accenture Mutually Terminate Software Contract
• Lamar Workforce Center Schedules More Layoff Assistance Workshops For Neoplan Workers: Workshops On December 7, 14 And 20 To Be Offered In Both English And Spanish
• Workforce Centers Ready To Provide Assistance To Bay Valley Foods Workers
• Department of Labor and Employment Creates Online Labor Law Resource Guide: No Other State Has Compiled Anything As Comprehensive
   

November 2005 News...

• Lamar Workforce Center To Provide Assistance To Neoplan Workers Facing Layoffs
  Tuesday’s workshop is a service of the Department of Labor and Employment
• Department of Labor And Employment To Offer Assistance To Homeless Veterans During 2005 ‘Stand Down’
• Department of Labor And Employment Receives $2 Million To Strengthen Unemployment Insurance Program Integrity
   

October 2005 News...

• Job Vacancy Survey Findings Released for San Luis Valley
• Department of Labor and Employment successfully prosecutes five fraud cases in October
• Department of Labor and Employment Employees Raise Thousands of Dollars For Katrina Relief
• Colorado’s Deputy Social Security Administrator To Lead National Organization

• Department of Labor and Employment Releases Mesa County Job Vacancy Survey Findings: More job vacancies reported than at any time since Job Vacancy Surveys have been conducted in Mesa County

• Department of Labor and Employment Releases Southeast Region Job Vacancy Survey Findings: More job vacancies in the region than at this time a year ago
• Job Vacancy Survey Findings For Larimer and Weld Counties Are Released: Over three thousand more jobs are open for hire than at this time last year
• Department of Labor and Employment Successfully Completes Sixteen Fraud Cases In August and September
   

September 2005 News...

• Colorado Employers Recognized For Providing Quality Summer Employment Opportunities For Teens
• Fort Morgan Workforce Center Receives “Second Chance” Grant
• Department of Labor and Employment Assists Katrina Evacuees In Filing For Unemployment Benefits
• Workforce Center Satellite Office Established To Assist Katrina Evacuees
• Department of Labor And Employment And Metro Area Workforce Centers
  Offer Business And Career Forum On September 20 To Help Business Owners And Job Seekers
• The Denver Metro Region Job Vacancy Survey Release: More Jobs Open Than At Same Time Last Year
• Workforce Center and Local Businesses Provide Employment Opportunities For Katrina Evacuees In Denver
• Department of Labor And Employment Releases Guidance Letter To Address ‘Half Gallon’ Pricing At Some Gas Pumps
• The Upper Arkansas Region Job Vacancy Survey Release
• The Pueblo County Job Vacancy Survey Release
   

August 2005 News...

• Governor Owens Declares September Workforce Development Month
• Colorado Labor Force Developments for July 2005
• “Best Practices” Symposium Showcases Innovative Programs Offered By Colorado Workforce Centers
• Larimer/Weld Job Vacancy Survey Findings Released: Over one thousand more jobs are open for hire than at this time last year
• Mesa County Job Vacancy Survey Findings Released
• The Pikes Peak Region Job Vacancy Survey Shows More Vacancies Than A Year Ago
• Unemployment Insurance Program Marks 70th Anniversary
• Department of Labor and Employment Successfully Completes Seven
  Fraud Cases In July

July 2005 News...

• State Construction Project Receives National Recognition For Its Environmental Design
• Colorado Dept. of Labor And Employment Launches High-Tech Workforce Development Initiative
• Online Application Connects Job Seekers And Employers
• Colorado Labor Force Developments For June 2005
  
  Mesa Job Vacancy Survey
• Pikes Peak Job Vacancy Survey