BILL BARRING BIRTH DATES ON APPLICATIONS ADVANCES

Hartford — Connecticut employers could soon be prevented from asking for a job applicant’s date of birth, school graduation or school attendance dates, under a bill that unanimously cleared the state Senate on Wednesday.

The bill, which proponents hope will counteract age discrimination, now awaits further action in the House of Representatives.

The legislation is supported by AARP Connecticut, which urged the House to take “quick action” on the bill and “protect older workers from discrimination.”

There are roughly 436,000 workers in their mid-50s in Connecticut, according to Slap, making the state’s workforce the sixth-oldest in the nation with a median age of 41 as of 2017.