'We Need Our Workforce Back': Business Owners Ask Gov. Jared Polis To End Extra $300 A Week Unemployment Checks

Denver CO

21 July, 2021

3:17 PM

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By Shaun Boyd, CBS Denver: (CBS4)– More than 100 business owners in northern Colorado sent a letter to Gov. Jared Polis asking him to end the enhanced unemployment benefit of $300 a week. They say the extra money is disincentivizing people to go back to work, which has meant a severe shortage of workers. "People can do math, right?" says Pete Gazlay, owner of Total Facility Care in Loveland. Read more at CBS Denver CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.