United States of America: Implemented Local Law on Automated employment decision tools (Local Law 144) requiring a bias audit of AI

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Implemented Local Law on Automated employment decision tools (Local Law 144) requiring a bias audit of AI

On 5 July 2023, the Local Law on Automated employment decision tools (Local Law 144) requiring a bias audit of AI was implemented. The Law applies to employers and employment agencies using an automated decision tool, defined as any computational process that substantially assists or replaces discretionary decision-making that affects natural persons in employment decisions. The Law requires users of such a tool to conduct a bias audit prior to the use, further distinguishing whether the tool selects or scores candidates. The audit must be carried out by an independent auditor and includes calculating different quotas of candidates or employees by ethnicity and sex. Finally, the candidates or employees must be notified about the use of such a tool.

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Scope

Policy Area
Other operating conditions
Policy Instrument
Testing requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development, software provider: other software
Implementation Level
subnational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body

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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…

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