(The Center Square) â Coloradoâs unemployment rate remained unchanged last month despite the state adding more than 17,000 jobs to the economy, the state labor department said Friday.
In all, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) measured the stateâs unemployment rate at 6.4%. At the same time, the national unemployment rate increased by one-tenth of a point to 6.1%.
While the added jobs didnât make a difference in unemployment, the total represents the fourth consecutive month of positive job gains for the Centennial State.
Over the past 12 months, Colorado has only seen three months of negative job growth, highlighted by the devastating blow the economy suffered between February and April when it shed 342,300 nonfarm payroll jobs, according to CDLE data.
Middle EastOmanis protest unemployment in a rare show of discontent
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Groups of Omanis gathered to protest against unemployment in at least two cities of the Gulf Arab state on Monday, authorities and activists said, the first show of dissent since the new sultan acceded the throne.
Videos and photos posted on social media showed protesters gathering in Salalah, in the south, and Sohar in the north.
A heavy presence of security forces, with convoys of military and police vehicles, could be seen on the videos, including where police forces fired tear gas and arrested demonstrators.
The protests are the first to take place under Sultan Haitham, who took power in January 2020 after the death of long-ruling Sultan Qaboos.
Denver tech company provides extreme home office makeovers for employees
The remote-based workplace continues to evolve during the COVID-19 pandemic
A Colorado tech company is taking the work-from-home model to a new level. And employees are loving it.
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PARKER, Colo. â David Boskovic always had a plan for a remote-based work environment for his 35 employees. He is the CEO of data onboarding company Flatfile. We were sort of ahead of the curve before the COVID problems we were about to see, Boskovic said. We found with a lot of our team members, they were trying to balance their personal life. They were trying to position their laptops so their messy bed in the background wasnât there.
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