Gov. Jared Polis recently signed two laws affecting Colorado employers and employees. First, the Job Application Fairness Act (JAFA) prohibits all Colorado employers from requesting certain information related to prospective employees’ age, as well as education attendance and graduation, on an initial employment application, beginning July 1, 2024. Second, Colorado’s paid sick leave law, the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA), was amended to entitle Colorado employees to use paid sick leave for additional reasons related to bereavement, family care in the event of school or daycare closures, and the need for an employee to evacuate their residence, effective Aug. 7, 2023.
Prohibition on requesting age-related information on job application
The JAFA prohibits employers from requesting or requiring information about an individual’s age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or date of graduation from an educational institution on an initial employment application, on or after July 1, 2024.
Employers are, however, permitted to request that an individual verify compliance with age requirements imposed pursuant to or required by: (1) a bona fide occupational qualification pertaining to public or occupational safety; (2) a federal law or regulation; or (3) a state or local law or regulation based on a bona fide occupational qualification, provided such requests otherwise comply with the law. An employer may also request or require an individual to provide additional...
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