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NYC Local Law 144: Automated Employment Decision Tools Regulation
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A landmark local law representing one of the first binding US regulations on algorithmic hiring tools; relevant to AI governance researchers studying how jurisdictions are translating AI fairness concerns into enforceable legal requirements at the municipal level.
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Summary
NYC Local Law 144 requires employers to conduct independent bias audits of automated employment decision tools before deployment and to notify affected job candidates and employees. The law mandates transparency about what characteristics these AI systems evaluate and imposes civil penalties for violations, making it one of the first local laws in the US to directly regulate algorithmic hiring tools.
Key Points
- •Requires employers to conduct bias audits of automated hiring/promotion tools before deployment, with results publicly available
- •Mandates notification to job candidates and employees when automated decision tools are used in hiring or promotion
- •Employers must disclose job qualifications and characteristics evaluated by automated systems
- •Civil penalties apply for violations, providing enforcement teeth to algorithmic accountability requirements
- •Enacted December 11, 2021, effective January 1, 2023, representing early US local-level AI governance legislation
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File #:
Int 1894-2020
Version:
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Name:
Automated employment decision tools.
Type:
Introduction
Status:
Enacted
Committee:
Committee on Technology
On agenda:
2/27/2020
Enactment date:
12/11/2021
Law number:
2021/144
Title:
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to automated employment decision tools
Sponsors:
Laurie A. Cumbo , Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Helen K. Rosenthal , Robert E. Cornegy, Jr. , Ben Kallos , Adrienne E. Adams , Farah N. Louis , Margaret S. Chin , Fernando Cabrera , Deborah L. Rose , Vanessa L. Gibson , Justin L. Brannan , Carlina Rivera , Mark Levine , Diana I. Ayala , I. Daneek Miller , Stephen T. Levin , Inez D. Barron
Council Member Sponsors:
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Summary:
This bill would require that a bias audit be conducted on an automated employment decision tool prior to the use of said tool. The bill would also require that candidates or employees that reside in the city be notified about the use of such tools in the assessment or evaluation for hire or promotion, as well as, be notified about the job qualifications and characteristics that will be used by the automated employment decision tool.
Violations of the provisions of the bill would be subject to a civil penalty.
Indexes:
Agency Rule-making Required
Attachments:
1. Summary of Int. No. 1894-A , 2. Summary of Int. No. 1894 , 3. Int. No. 1894 , 4. February 27, 2020 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files , 5. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 2-27-20 , 6. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - February 27, 2020 , 7. Committee Report 11/13/20 , 8. Hearing Testimony 11/13/20 , 9. Hearing Transcript 11/13/20 , 10. Proposed Int. No. 1894-A - 11/9/21 , 11. Message of Necessity , 12. Committee Report 11/10/21 , 13. Hearing Transcript 11/10/21 , 14. Committee Report - Stated Meeting , 15. November 10, 2021 - St
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