For Employers

The Broomfield Economic Vitality team is working to ensure businesses have access to a range of resources to help them navigate this challenging time. If you’re a small business in need of assistance, please email economicvitality@broomfield.org and we will help connect you with available assistance.

Local Resources

•  Info on statewide mask mandate with Broomfield Public Health Order, signs (English and Español), and a sample script for businesses.
  
• Visit the Retail Food Establishment website for information and resources related to Public Health Order 20-22 and offering raw/bulk food.

State & Federal Resources

• View additional details on the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act which requires all employers to provide sick leave to employees to receive the COVID-19 Vaccine or recover from side effects. 
• Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act
• The North Metro Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is set up for virtual consulting with clients. Clients can book online sessions.

• Colorado’s Unemployment Insurance Division is responding to questions from both employers and workers impacted by closures as a result of COVID-19.  

For Employees

Local Resources

• View housing payment assistance programs
• Check out support resources through the Broomfield Workforce Center, or call 303.464.5855.

State and Federal Resources

• The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA or Act) requires certain employers to provide their employees with paid sick leave or expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19. This Act went into effect on April 1.
  
• Sick Leave: On March 11, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) published emergency rules which temporarily require employers in certain industries to provide a small amount of paid sick leave to employees with flu-like symptoms while awaiting COVID-19 testing. The Colorado Health Emergency Leave with Pay (“Colorado HELP”) rules requires up to four days of paid sick for employees being tested for coronavirus COVID-19 in select industries which include: leisure and hospitality; food services; child care; education, including transportation, food service, and related work at educational establishments; home health if working with elderly, disabled, ill, or otherwise high-risk individuals and; nursing homes and community living facilities.
• Unemployment: Filing for Unemployment Insurance Benefits can be done online.
  • Colorado’s Unemployment Insurance Division is responding to questions from both employers and workers impacted by closures as a result of COVID-19.  
• Registering with the network of Colorado Workforce Centers can be done online. Through an individual registration, there are many online resources available including items in the “toolbox”.