Three bills are working their way through the Colorado legislature that impact how employers can run their workplace’s COVID-19 immunization standards. House Bill 1100 prohibits an employer from taking adverse action against an employee or an applicant based on their COVID-19 immunization status. It also allows an aggrieved employee or applicant to file a civil action … Read Post
Colorado has some of the toughest post-employment restrictive agreement law in the country, but a new bill would make such employment contractual clauses much harder to write and enforce. The Chamber has been working to amend House Bill 1216, which adopts recommendations from the Uniform Law Commission regarding nondisclosure agreements, noncompete employment clauses and other … Read Post
FEBRUARY MEMBER NEWS KLJ Engineering LLC welcomed Jason Reimer, P.E., to its Grand Junction office. Reimer will be working as a civil engineer and project manager in KLJ’s Civil Transportation Department. Before joining KLJ, Reimer worked on numerous diverse projects that included drainage and civil site design, municipal engineering, municipal water distribution and sanitary sewer … Read Post
JANUARY MEMBER NEWS Our members work hard every day to make the Denver metro area a great place to do business. We want to keep you in the know about the important work of our members, whether they are opening new business locations, hiring more people or creating new partnerships. Read about our members in … Read Post
Students Are Starting to Plan Their Next Steps It may be single digits outside, but many students are already thinking about where they’ll spend their summer. Have you thought about what internships your business may have available? The Denver Metro Chamber’s Prosper CO has launched an internships and apprenticeships section on our Job Board. When … Read Post
The Chamber supports an employer’s right to set their own policies for their employees, as every workplace is unique and requires different rules for health, safety and functionality. We keep this in mind as House Bill 1152 works its way through the legislature. This bill prohibits employers from taking adverse action against an employee who uses retail or medical … Read Post
We were saddened to learn about the passing of Joe Blake, former Denver Metro Chamber president and CEO. Here is a statement from J. J. Ament, friend of Joe and president and CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber. Joe Blake was one of the best among us – and with a really interesting and pretty … Read Post
