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United States of America: Issued Notice of Adoption of Final Rule on Local Law on Automated employment decision tools (Local Law 144) requiring a bias audit of AI

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Issued Notice of Adoption of Final Rule on Local Law on Automated employment decision tools (Local Law 144) requiring a bias audit of AI

On 6 April 2023, New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) issued a Notice of Adoption of Final Rule to implement new legislation regarding automated employment decision tools outlined in Local Law 144 of 2021 which prohibi…

Scope

Policy Area
Design and testing standards
Policy Instrument
Testing requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development, software provider: other software
Implementation Level
subnational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government

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2020-02-27
under deliberation

On 11 December 2021, the Law in relation to automated employment decision tools (2021/144) was intr…

2021-11-10
adopted

"A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to automated emp…

2022-12-12
adopted

On 12 December 2022, the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection announced it was delaying…

2023-04-06
in force

On 6 April 2023, New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) issued a Notic…

2023-07-05
in force

On 5 July 2023, the Local Law on Automated employment decision tools (Local Law 144) requiring a bi…