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context: If approved by the state legislature, the bill would ban employers from asking for an applicant’s age, date of birth or graduation date on a job application, beginning in July 2024.
  
  Work history isn't mentioned. Started work in 87? Guessing they're pushing 60. Leave that out and instead say your first job was in a senior position in 2002? Someone is probably leaving out 10 years of experience. If someone wants to discriminate based on age, they'll find a way. >
  
  [Under the bill, employers could still ask an applicant’s age or graduation date later in the hiring process, but just not as part of the initial application, which proponents said would help older applicants get their foot in the door.]
  So age discrimination will still be allowed -- employers just need to wait until applicants have invested even more of their time and effort. 🙄 >
  
  Ya if an employer wants to discriminate on someone for anything they will find a way. Like if a job requires a degree they might not show the graduation date but they may ask for official or unofficial transcripts which will have a date on it. Proof of a driver's license and bad, DoB right there.
  It's sad that people get discriminated against but really there's no way to prevent it. This might mitigate it but probably not. Like you said it will just waste their time. >
  
  Honestly not sure what to think about this. 
  Age bias is wrong, if a perspective employee has the skills hire them.
  But at the same time shouldn’t we be taking care of say…retirees so they don’t have to work so long? >
  
  I actually worry about age bias. I'm 47 and have a steady job right now, but things can change. If I found myself out of work, I'd be looking for web application developer jobs and fighting against kids who are just out of college and more likely to be intimidated into taking low pay and working insanely long hours.
  Plus, wait long enough and I could get close enough to retirement to not be likely to work there for the next 10 years while also being too far away from retirement to actually retire. (That happened to my father and he wound up having to retire years early and really stretch out his retirement savings.) >
  
  Article not paywalled. >
  
  
  Nearly 80% of older workers say they have seen or experienced age discrimination in the workplace and around 40% of hiring managers admit to reviewing resumes with age bias. In seven years, 21% of Colorado’s population will be over the age of 60, according to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. In Colorado, the average retirement age is 65, though it has been steadily increasing for the past several years.
  In Colorado, Democratic lawmakers are trying to change that with Senate Bill 58 (pdf).
  If approved by the state legislature, the bill would ban employers from asking for an applicant’s age, date of birth or graduation date on a job application, beginning in July 2024.
  
  I wonder if this bill would have any unintended consequences like allowing for child labor and minors to work? >
  
  I know there are a few slaughterhouse owners and managers who would be quite happy to remain ignorant of their employees' ages. >
  
  
  If approved by the state legislature, the bill would ban employers from asking for an applicant’s age, date of birth or graduation date on a job application, beginning in July 2024.
  
  Work history isn't mentioned. Started work in 87? Guessing they're pushing 60. Leave that out and instead say your first job was in a senior position in 2002? Someone is probably leaving out 10 years of experience. If someone wants to discriminate based on age, they'll find a way. >
  
  [Under the bill, employers could still ask an applicant’s age or graduation date later in the hiring process, but just not as part of the initial application, which proponents said would help older applicants get their foot in the door.]
  So age discrimination will still be allowed -- employers just need to wait until applicants have invested even more of their time and effort. 🙄 >
  
  Ya if an employer wants to discriminate on someone for anything they will find a way. Like if a job requires a degree they might not show the graduation date but they may ask for official or unofficial transcripts which will have a date on it. Proof of a driver's license and bad, DoB right there.
  It's sad that people get discriminated against but really there's no way to prevent it. This might mitigate it but probably not. Like you said it will just waste their time. >
  
  Honestly not sure what to think about this. 
  Age bias is wrong, if a perspective employee has the skills hire them.
  But at the same time shouldn’t we be taking care of say…retirees so they don’t have to work so long? >
  
  I actually worry about age bias. I'm 47 and have a steady job right now, but things can change. If I found myself out of work, I'd be looking for web application developer jobs and fighting against kids who are just out of college and more likely to be intimidated into taking low pay and working insanely long hours.
  Plus, wait long enough and I could get close enough to retirement to not be likely to work there for the next 10 years while also being too far away from retirement to actually retire. (That happened to my father and he wound up having to retire years early and really stretch out his retirement savings.) >
  
  Article not paywalled. >
  
  
  Nearly 80% of older workers say they have seen or experienced age discrimination in the workplace and around 40% of hiring managers admit to reviewing resumes with age bias. In seven years, 21% of Colorado’s population will be over the age of 60, according to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. In Colorado, the average retirement age is 65, though it has been steadily increasing for the past several years.
  In Colorado, Democratic lawmakers are trying to change that with Senate Bill 58 (pdf).
  If approved by the state legislature, the bill would ban employers from asking for an applicant’s age, date of birth or graduation date on a job application, beginning in July 2024.
  
  I wonder if this bill would have any unintended consequences like allowing for child labor and minors to work? >
  
  I know there are a few slaughterhouse owners and managers who would be quite happy to remain ignorant of their employees' ages.