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Panel advances SB 7 to require notice and human oversight when employers use automated decision systems in discipline and termination
Summary
The committee advanced SB 7, which would require employers to notify workers and applicants before using automated decision‑making systems for employment decisions and to ensure a human is involved in discipline and termination decisions; the measure was re‑referred to the Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection.
Sen. McNerney presented SB 7 and the Assembly committee voted to pass the bill and re‑refer it to the Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection.
The bill—narrowed in recent amendments—would require employers to notify applicants and workers before using automated decision‑making systems (ADS) for employment decisions, ensure meaningful human oversight for discipline and termination, and bar ADS tools from predicting a…
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