CO Labor Dept.: 6,450 additional Coloradans file for unemployment

DENVER — An additional 6,450 people filed for traditional unemployment benefits in the week ending Aug. 27, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment said Thursday, a decrease of 492 from the week prior.

In the same period, 16,417 self-employed and gig workers in Colorado applied for state-level Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, which are benefits for workers traditionally not eligible for traditional unemployment. That is a rise of 4,608 from the week before.

That specific assistance at the federal level, along with a $600 per week additional benefit for all claims, expired on Aug. 1. Reports from Washington show…