Colorado state staff to receives a commission family medical go away » Albuquerque Journal

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Polis had previously tried to get the Joint Committee on Budgets to approve a more comprehensive eight-week vacation program, but it was rejected in March because the governor was not empowered to set up the program.

Polis argued that his law firm had authority to approve the program through the Department of Personnel and Administration and was awaiting further analysis from the Colorado Attorney General.

Hilary Glasgow, executive director of the state workers’ union Colorado WINS, described the new program as “a step in the right direction” as the group seeks to negotiate its first contract with the state.

“Expanded benefits to the people on the forefront of the COVID response, regardless of skin color or paycheck size, are at the core of Colorado WINS ‘partnership with the state,” she said.