- July 20, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
A letter to Gov. Jared Polis from Northern Colorado business leaders calls for an end to extra unemployment benefits, citing the labor shortage.
One of two people mentioned in Monday news release, Pete Gazley of Total Facility Care, a commercial-cleaning service in Loveland, said the state’s economy is booming “but our small businesses are constrained by the lack of available workers. We are asking Governor Polis to rescind the voluntary extended Federal unemployment benefits of $300 extra per week. There are more jobs than workers, so removing this would incentivize people to get back into the workforce. As the state has opened, we believe it is safe to return to work. Fears over coronavirus can be easily overcome with the easy accessibility of the vaccine and what are now common safety practices.”
Gazley said he tracks human resources data for his company. “When we saw the stimulus hit in March, we went from 20 to 30…
