Unemployment and Employee rights

The law in Colorado is that someone can be fired for using medical marijuana.  The law also is that an employee is disqualified from unemployment[…]

This Colorado unemployment lawyer’s blog discusses unemployment appeals to the Colorado industrial claims appeals office after a hearing officer decision. Hearing officers are attorneys who[…]

Highly Recommended Brian K. Stutheit successfully represented me in my appeal against a former employer which used bully tactics, intimidation, and outright lies to deny[…]

In June 2014 an unemployment appeals hearing officer ruled that a talent agency which locates jobs for actors was an employer of those actors.  That[…]

This is not a question with a simple answer.  The Colorado Department of Labor sets basic rates (percentages of payroll) which it charges employers.  These[…]

Despite knowing that it is improper and unlawful, the Colorado Department of Labor’s Unemployment Insurance Integrity Benefit Payment Control section  continues to send citizens demands[…]

“Two weeks after I returned from maternity leave to my job in Boston as a television-news producer, I found myself facing a demotion. My bosses[…]

Stutheit & Gartland help claimants fight against Colorado unemployment overpayment repayment demands. To be eligible for Colorado unemployment benefits for a particular week, the claimant’s[…]

Last week we won an unemployment benefits appeal for a woman who had two strikes against her. She missed the first hearing with a hearing[…]

Colorado’s Division of Unemployment stresses collection of monies for alleged unemployment insurance overpayment and fraud. The Division does not play fair.  You need an attorney.[…]