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Sen. McNerney’s 'No Robot Bosses Act' clears Senate labor committee amid industry pushback
Summary
The Senate Committee on Labor advanced SB 947, the 'No Robot Bosses Act,' after testimony from unions and tech-privacy advocates supporting a human-review requirement for automated termination or discipline decisions and business groups warning of operational burdens and litigation risks.
Sen. McNerney introduced SB 947, the No Robot Bosses Act, to the Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement, saying the bill would require human review when automated decision systems assist in disciplinary, termination or deactivation decisions and would ban predictive behavior analysis that could subject people to punishment before wrongdoing. "Humans should be making these decisions," the author said during committee remarks.
Union supporters told the committee the bill fills a gap in workplace protections as employers increasingly rely on algorithmic systems. Yvonne Fernandez of the California Federation of Labor Unions said…
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