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

Business owners argue extra money is a disincentive for people to go back to work, which has meant a severe shortage of workers.

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.

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“People can do math, right?” says Pete Gazlay, owner of Total Facility Care in Loveland.

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