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Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn
Starting on January 1, 2023, New York City Local Law 144 will take effect and the City will prohibit employers and employment agencies from using certain artificial intelligence (AI) screening tools in the hiring or promotion process until the “automated employment decision tools” have been subject to a “bias audit.”
Local Law 144 governs “automated employment decision tools” that include “any computational process, derived from machine learning, statistical modeling, data analytics, or artificial intelligence, that issues simplified output, including a score, classification, or recommendation” used for making employment decisions.
Under the law, “automated employment decision tools” must be the subject of a “bias audit” conducted no more than one year prior to the use of the tools and a summary of the results of the most recent bias audit of such tools must be made publicly available on the website of the employer or employment agency prior to usage.
The law also requires that candidates or employees that reside in New York City be notified about the use of “automated employment decision tools” in the assessment or evaluation for hire or promotion, and be notified about the job qualifications and characteristics that will be used by the “automated employment decision tools.”
Violations of the provisions of the law will be subject to a civil penalty. Violators will be liable for a civil penalty of not more than $500 for a first violation and each additional violation occurring on the same day as the first violation, and not less than $500 nor more than $1,500 for each subsequent violation.
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