Eco Passes, faster pay raises among perks offered to find retail employees

BROOMFIELD — If you work at FlatIron Crossing, you get free transportation from anywhere in the Denver metro area and cab service home in case of an emergency, courtesy of Westcor Shopping Centers. These are just two of the incentives employees are being offered to join the labor pool at the new mall opening Aug. 11.

The Colorado labor market is the tightest in years with an unemployment rate of only 2.8 percent in June. Depending upon whom you talk to, the tight labor market is greatly affecting the hiring of employees for FlatIron Crossing or, it is affecting hiring…