The main reasons for the workforce decrease was the lack of demand for laborers during the economy’s downturn in 2009 Continue reading
Coloradans receiving unemployment benefits as part of a federal extension are beginning to see an 18.2 percent reduction in compensation as a result of the across-the-board U.S. government spending cuts. The cuts apply specifically to federal extensions known as Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC), which is a tiered system for paying the unemployed once their state … Continue reading
Vestas has continued its US restructuring programme and cut 200 jobs at its Windsor, Colorado blade manufacturing plant. In all, Vestas chief executive Ditlev Engel has said the company would cut 1,600 jobs if the production tax credit (PTC) was not renewed. The 200 job losses at Windsor represent 29% of the plant’s workforce. The … Continue reading
For young people facing a tough job market, the chances of tragedies increase: suicide rates spike, as does the incidence of violence So far, there’s not a whole lot known about James Eagan Holmes, the 24-year old whom police say fatally shot 12 people and injured dozens more in a suburban Denver movie theater during … Continue reading
Job postings that state unemployed applicants need not apply will remain legal as a Republican state House committee rejected a discrimination measure. The House Economic & Business Development Committee voted 7-5 Wednesday against a proposal to forbid employers from stating in job postings that unemployed candidates would not be considered. The measure was proposed by … Continue reading