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Sara Steffens

Worker Power Director at We Build Progress; testified before the House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on AI's economic impact on workers and employers in 2026.

AI systems are increasingly used to justify disciplinary actions, with data-driven decisions that may lack transparency and fairness, potentially leading to unjust consequences without proper human oversight. Workers need to be able to contest disciplinary action with "humans in the loop" who can assess the accuracy of the underlying data points and weigh explanatory factors not represented in the data.

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Testimony of Sara Steffens before the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections

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Ban fully automated hiring decisions without human review

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AI Verified The testimony is about AI in workplace decisions and argues for humans in the loop on disciplinary actions, which supports requiring human review for automated hiring decisions. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified The testimony argues for humans in the loop on AI-driven employment discipline, so the recorded 'for' answer is supported. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Sara Steffens' testimony PDF contains this wording on AI discipline and human oversight; the quote matches the source text. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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Require human-in-the-loop oversight for agentic AI systems acting in high-stakes domains

AI systems are increasingly used to justify disciplinary actions, with data-driven decisions that may lack transparency and fairness, potentially leading to unjust consequences without proper human oversight. Workers need to be able to contest discip...

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