Governor 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.
Colorado Law Bans Age-Related Questions on Applications and Adds New Reasons to Use Paid Sick Leave
