As the government shutdown drags on, federal workers have been laid off, furloughed or are required to work without pay. Unemployment benefits are available for some of those cases.

The federal workforce has been declining all year in Colorado. State labor data shows that before the shutdown, nearly 1,200 federal workers had filed for unemployment in the state since Jan. 19. That number should be closer to 1,800, though the labor department won’t update the figure until next week.

Colorado will not report statewide job figures on Friday as was previously scheduled, a result of the federal shutdown.

The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment announced Wednesday it's poised to help federal workers affected by the government shutdown.

(The Center Square) – In just one month, Colorado’s unemployment rate dropped from 10th highest nationally to 16th. Over that same period, the national unemployment rate increased by one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.3%. That means that Colorado’s ...

Colorado’s unemployment rate has dropped below the national average for the first time since November 2023, according to a monthly update from the Colorado Department of Labor and Unemployment. A pickup in hiring, combined with more people leaving the ...