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Checking in on restaurant owners and workers three weeks after shutdown...

It's been three weeks since Terry Walsh called the employees of his Centennial barbecue restaurant into his office and, one by one, laid them...

‘It was one of the top five worst days of my...

As his employees showed up for work at Rolling Smoke Barbecue on Saturday, owner Terry Walsh called them into his office, one by one,...

Colorado’s new overtime protections will expand to more workers, more quickly...

Colorado’s new wage protections giving more workers earning higher incomes the right to overtime will go into full effect later than originally proposed, but...

Workers and advocates call for more protections and quicker implementation of...

Workers and advocates packed a downtown Denver meeting room to urge the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment to more quickly implement its proposed...

Senate committee kills measure to open records on wage-law violations

With no discussion, a Senate committee late last week killed legislation that would have allowed the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment to disclose whether a company has cheated its workers.