Tag: amazon
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New Amazon delivery station to serve north Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs is one of Amazon’s happy places. The online shopping company opened a second delivery station in the city on Wednesday, according to a news release. It is one of several delivery stations opened in Colorado this year, following those in Grand Junction, Sterling and Gypsum. Other facilities throughout the state will open later…
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The big winner of the special session? Big Tech | Vince Bzdek
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save If you are looking for winners and losers from the recent legislative special session, the biggest winner has to be the tech industry, which showed itself to be a force to be reckoned with in…
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Colorado Supreme Court rules Amazon must include ‘holiday incentive pay’ in overtime calculations
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that Amazon’s incentive payments to employees for work performed on holidays must be part of overtime pay calculations under the state’s wage regulations. The decision is a victory for Dan Hamilton, an Amazon worker who filed a class action lawsuit alleging the company improperly excluded holiday incentive pay…
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Lewis-Palmer High junior self-publishes book of original poetry
”We like to read because it puts our feelings into words.” The opening poem in Jane Marie’s debut book “Mental Breakthrough” encapsulates the collection’s main theme and purpose: to express what we often feel but don’t often say. The Lewis-Palmer High School junior has always enjoyed reading and writing, but she never saw herself as…
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Lewis-Palmer High junior self-publishes book of original poetry
We like to read because it puts our feelings into words. The opening poem in Jane Marie’s debut book “Mental Breakthrough” encapsulates the collection’s main theme and purpose: to express what we often feel but don’t often say. The Lewis-Palmer High School junior has always enjoyed reading and writing, but she never saw herself as…
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Here’s a tale of two legislatures in Colorado; lawmakers face tight budgetary pressures; Democrats pick April 1 to nominate a candidate to replace Ken Buck | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Today is March 18, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: A tale of two legislatures: Republicans, Democrats find more common ground, even amidst usual partisan bickering On multiple levels of analysis, Charles Dickens’ dichotomies illustrate the “two legislatures” at the state Capitol. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); In one “legislature,” members routinely push measures designed…
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Colorado justices weigh case dealing with Amazon and overtime pay, program for older residents face funding shortfall | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Today is March 15, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: Colorado Supreme Court weighs Amazon's obligation to pay millions more in overtime Members of the state Supreme Court heard on Wednesday that Colorado will be an outlier among all states if its wage regulations require companies to include incentive pay for time worked…
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Colorado Supreme Court weighs Amazon’s obligation to pay millions more in overtime
Members of the state Supreme Court heard on Wednesday that Colorado will be an outlier among all states if its wage regulations require companies to include incentive pay for time worked on holidays when calculating employees’ overtime compensation. At the same time, the justices repeatedly returned to the text of the disputed regulation, which provides…
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Colorado’s Ken Buck invokes 25th Amendment over concerns about Biden’s mental acuity; is Colorado’s car theft law working? Polis unveils 49 ‘actions’ toward ‘net zero’ | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Today is Feb. 27, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: Colorado found itself atop most lists of states with the highest car thefts and associated crimes in the last several years – record-breaking numbers that had been accumulating since 2020 and which put pressure on the governor and legislators to respond. Notably, lawmakers,…
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Third-party vendor laying off 200 employees from Amazon facilities in Colorado
Nearly 200 employees of a global company that provides operational and maintenance services for airports and industrial customers will be laid off in April from their jobs at Amazon fulfillment centers in Colorado Springs and Thornton and a sortation center in Aurora. Daifuku Services America of suburban Dallas notified the Colorado Department of Labor and…