Colorado Department of Labor and Employment issued the following announcement on Nov. 19.
Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) reported that 9,171 regular initial unemployment claims were filed the week ending November 14th. Since mid-March, a total of 611,135 regular unemployment initial claims have been filed.*
Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) initial claims for the week ending November 7th were revised down to 6,121 from 7,281. PUA initial claims for the week ending November 14th are not currently available, as CDLE continues to analyze PUA claim characteristics that may be contributing to the increase observed in recent weeks. Further revisions and updates can be expected in the coming weeks. Nationally, the PUA program has been inundated with fraud since its inception under the CARES Act.
For the week ending November 7th, a combined total of 224,076 continued claims were filed, including 86,142 from regular UI, 78,759 from PUA, and 59,175 from Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation.**
The Department is also encouraging employers who may be facing a reduction to their workforce to explore programs including Work Share and Rapid Response. The Work-Share Program gives employers an alternative to laying off employees, allowing them to let employees keep working, but with fewer hours. While they are working fewer hours, they are eligible for partial regular unemployment benefits. For workers, they may either file an initial UI claims or, particularly for those in restaurant and hospitality industries, they may need to re-open their UI claims.
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