A person completing an internship or apprenticeship or running their own business may be closer to attaining a college degree under House Bill 1002. The Chamber is proud to support the “College Credit for Work Experience” bill, which develops a program to award college credit for work-related experience. That experience could come from paid or … Read Post
What inspires a person to lead – to stand up and act? While the journeys of the 2020 9NEWS Leader of the Year finalists are different, what Luis Benitez, Jerome Davis and Tasha Jones have in common is a desire and a drive to make the community stronger. Voting is now open to select the … Read Post
Last week, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) adopted its final rules for the Colorado Overtime & Minimum Pay Standards (COMPS). These are rules that cover overtime pay, exempt employee status and meal and break times. While Colorado has always followed the federal standards (which increased on Jan. 1, 2020, to $35,568, from … Read Post
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) adopted its final rules for the Colorado Overtime & Minimum Pay Standards (COMPS), formerly named the Minimum Wage Order, on Wednesday. As the department considered updates to COMPS, the Chamber met with CDLE team members, submitted two rounds of public comment and shared concerns with the House … Read Post
Attracting the right employees is critical for the growth and success of a business. Whether you are a small 10-person operation with one office, or a large business with 9,000 employees and 20 different entities in Colorado alone, like Comcast NBCUniversal, finding the right employees who will, as we like to say, “create the future … Read Post
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 the news: Denver … Read Post
What I love about this business community is that no one sits back and waits for someone else to solve an issue. You are doers and willing to lead on some of our toughest challenges. Since 1990, we’ve partnered with Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain to honor legends in our state who have achieved not only great business success but … Read Post
