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

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

On 12 December 2022, the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection announced it was delaying the enforcement of rules for Local Law 144 related to automated employment decision tools which will regulate how New York City employers should use …

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…