Colorado Employers Take Note: Are You Complying with the Job Application Fairness Act?
Beginning July 1, 2024, Colorado will officially begin enforcing a restriction prohibiting employers from asking job applicants to disclose their age on an employment application . Colorado joins California, Connecticut, Delaware, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania which have similar laws targeted to reduce the risks of age discrimination in the employment application process. The Colorado Job Application Fairness Act ( JAFA or the “Act” ), the law prohibiting age-related inquiries on job applications, was originally passed by C olorado’s legislature in June 2023 and took effect in August 2023 , but it included in its text that e mployers would only be prohibited from asking such questions beginning on or after July 1, 2024 . Now, with the enforcement date quickly approaching, employers in Colorado and other states should take some time to review their job application queries to ensure they comply with applicable laws. We have written recently about states policing the use of artificial inte...