Researcher: JM Page 1 3/31/22
OLR Bill Analysis
sHB 5443
AN ACT CONCERNING DISCLOSURE OF SOCIAL SECURITY
NUMBERS ON EMPLOYMENT APPLICATIONS.
SUMMARY
This bill makes it a discriminatory employment practice for an
employer (or the employer’s agent) to require an applicant for a job to
give his or her Social Security number on an initial employment
application. It adds the Social Security number to an existing list of items
that cannot be required on an initial application including age, date of
birth, and dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational
institution.
As under existing law for the other items, the prohibition does not
apply to any employer requesting or requiring this information (1)
based on a bona fide occupational qualification or need or (2) when the
information is required to comply with state or federal law. Complaints
about discriminatory employment practices are investigated by the
Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2022
COMMITTEE ACTION
Labor and Public Employees Committee
Joint Favorable
Yea 12 Nay 1 (03/22/2022)