The Colorado Department of Labor is seeing an increase in requests for assistance from workers laid off due to COVID-19.
The Colorado Labor Department has seen a surge in unemployment claims from 400 on March 7th to more than 6,800 yesterday.
Processing times for applications has been slowed considerably due to unprecedented traffic to the unemployment call center and file-a-claim website.
The department is also working with industries like transportation, healthcare and retail such as grocery stores and warehouses to match workers who are unemployed with hiring employers.
