Colorado small business owners fight unemployment fraud
CDLE reports "uptick" in fraudulent filings
Denver7
and last updated 2021-03-02 20:51:51-05
DENVER â Colorado small business owners wear many hats, but as Colorado rebounds from the pandemic, "Unemployment Fraud Fighter" is a new role. And in some cases, the state is not making it easy.
"It's not my job. It's not my job at all," said Brendan Zarnoch, the Chief Operating Office for Root Tree Service in Centennial about fighting unemployment fruad. "I mean, this should be a very simple system."
He is one of a growing number of Colorado business owners working hard on stopping potentially fraudulent unemployment claims, but running into obstacles from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE).