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Committee advances SB 7 to Appropriations after debate on worker protections, human oversight and predictive analytics
Summary
SB 7, a bill to require notice and human oversight when automated decision‑making systems affect employment decisions, passed the Assembly Consumer Protection and Privacy Committee as amended and is headed to Appropriations.
Senator McNerney presented SB 7, a bill that would require employers to notify workers when they use automated decision‑making systems for employment‑related decisions, ensure a human review for discipline and termination decisions, and ban use of predictive analytics to forecast a worker’s future behavior as the primary basis for discipline.
The bill drew strong support from labor organizations and civil‑liberties groups. Yvonne Fernandez of the California Federation of Labor…
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