News & Analysis as of

Job Applicants Age Discrimination New Legislation

Fisher Phillips

End of NY Legislative Session Leaves Employers Watching Key Workplace Bills

Fisher Phillips on

New York’s two-year 2025-2026 legislative session hit its midpoint in June, with lawmakers wrapping up the first year by passing a slew of workplace-related bills that now await action from Governor Hochul. As federal labor...more

Fisher Phillips

Two New Oregon Laws Will Soon Change the Way You Hire: Your Compliance Checklists

Fisher Phillips on

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek just signed two bills into law that will soon change employer obligations regarding applicants and new hires. When these new laws take effect, you’ll need to rethink how you collect applicant data...more

Littler

Think Before You Ask: Oregon Cracks Down on Age-Related Hiring Questions and Increases Age Discrimination Protections for...

Littler on

Oregon is widely considered an employee-friendly state with a robust framework of statutes prohibiting various forms of discrimination and retaliation in employment. When it comes to age, Oregon is one of only a handful of...more

Fisher Phillips

The 9 Things Colorado Employers Should Do After Lawmakers Pass Batch of New Workplace Laws

Fisher Phillips on

The Colorado legislature has been busy this season passing new employment laws, adding to your compliance obligations in a big way. We reviewed the key workplace laws that Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed into effect and...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Colorado’s Job Application Fairness Act Restricts Employers’ Ability to Request Age-Related Information From Applicants

On June 2, 2023, Colorado enacted the Job Application Fairness Act (JAFA), joining California, Connecticut, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania as states prohibiting employers from requesting age-related information during the hiring...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Connecticut Bans Inquiries into Applicants’ Age on Employment Applications

On June 24, 2021, Governor Ned Lamont signed Public Act 21-69, An Act Deterring Age Discrimination in Employment Applications (“Act”), which prohibits employers, or employers’ agents, from requesting or requiring a...more

Littler

Connecticut Limits Inquiries into Prospective Employees’ Ages

Littler on

On June 24, 2021, Governor Lamont signed into law Public Act 21-69, which adds to Connecticut’s Fair Employment Practices Act an explicit ban on Connecticut employers inquiring into the ages of prospective employees “on an...more

Holland & Knight LLP

New California Labor and Employment Laws for 2018

Holland & Knight LLP on

• The California Legislature passed numerous labor and employment bills that Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law in 2017. • Many of the new laws relate to wages and hours, leaves and benefits, hiring practices, health and...more

8 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide