UI Weekly Update

9.3.2021 | Federal benefits end Saturday, Sept. 4

Don’t forget to log in to your MyUI+ account this weekend to certify for the final week of federal pandemic benefits. Per the American Rescue Plan Act, federal pandemic benefit programs including Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation (MEUC), and Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) will end on Monday, September 6, 2021.

Update | 8.25.2021 | Federal Pandemic Benefits Ending in September

Per the American Rescue Plan Act, federal pandemic benefit programs including Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation (MEUC), and Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) will expire on Monday, September 6, 2021.  By law, we cannot pay partial weeks, so the final week that benefits will be paid for these federal programs in Colorado is the week ending Saturday, September 4, 2021. If you are currently receiving PUA, PEUC, and/or FPUC benefits, those benefits will end on that date.

Update | 8.19.2021 | Multi-factor authentication coming to MyUI+ tomorrow

As we have communicated in recent weeks, we are adding multi-factor authentication (MFA) to the MyUI+ login process in order to better safeguard Colorado unemployment claimants against scams and other attempts to compromise their accounts. All claimants will be required to set up MFA the first time they log into their MyUI+ accounts beginning tomorrow, Friday, August 20. You do not need to click any link to set up MFA. Just log into your MyUI+ account as normal.

Statistics

Unemployment Rate - May 2026
Colorado: 3.9%
National: 4.3%

Colorado Job Growth (Seasonally Adjusted)
April 2026 - May 2026: -400
May 2025 - May 2026: 100

2026 Minimum Wage
$15.16 / Hour
$12.14 / Hour for tipped employees

Contact Us

Colorado Department of Labor and Employment
707 17th Street, Suite 150*
Denver, CO  80202-3660
Phone: 303-318-8000

Customer Service Center
707 17th Street, Suite 150*
Denver, CO 80202

*The CDLE Lobby entrance is on the northeast corner of the building facing 18th Street just north of the Starbucks that’s inside the Hilton.

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