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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 pr…

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
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…