BILL NUMBER: AB 984	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Calderon

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act relating to employment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 984, as introduced, Calderon. Use of age information in
employment.
   Existing law, with specified exceptions, prohibits discrimination
in employment based on, among other factors, race, gender, religious
belief, and age. Existing law prohibits an employer from enforcing a
compulsory retirement age when the employee has indicated in writing
that he or she wishes to continue working and demonstrates the
ability to perform the functions of the job adequately to the
employer's satisfaction. Existing law restricts the disclosure of
personal information, as defined, by a public agency or consumer
credit agency that collects it.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would protect the privacy of employees and potential
employees and would prevent age discrimination in employment by
limiting public distribution of age and birth information.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would protect the privacy of employees and potential
employees and would prevent age discrimination in employment by
limiting public distribution of age and birth information.