September 23, 2020

To determine the impacts of a paid leave program in Colorado for our study about Proposition 118, CSI developed the Colorado Paid Family and Medical Leave Model which can project a broad range of fiscal and individual results.
Now, we are allowing you to run this model directly, with your own inputs, and visualize how a paid leave program could affect your personal and business’ finances.
The passage of Proposition 118 could impose significant costs upon you as a worker or a business owner, and this tool can help you to better understand them.

MODEL (Excel document)

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