Ban fully automated hiring decisions without human review

ethics future-of-work labor-rights regulations ai-governance ai-policy ai-regulation

Arguments for

Human accountability

Supporters say hiring affects livelihoods and rights, so a person must keep final control over any AI-supported decision. They argue human agency is needed to preserve accountability, judgment, and the ability to understand, contest, or stop a harmful system.

When AI gathers data or carries out a decision without human agency, responsibility can disappear into the system. And this is increasingly the case as AI agents are deployed in healthcare, finance, recruitment, and more.

Volker Türk · Jul 7, 2026 · full quote
However capable of our systems become, a person must keep the final word to understand the decision, to contest it, and where it matters most, to switch the systems off. This is non-negotiable, above all in high-risk systems where a single decision can cost a life, a livelihood, …

Poland · Jul 7, 2026 · full quote
Humans must retain final control over decisions supported or affected by AI. This is particularly important when AI systems can affect access to rights, public services, employment opportunities, education, healthcare, credit, information, or democratic participation.

Eugênio Garcia · Jul 7, 2026 · full quote
Every critical choice made by an automated system must have human oversight, and speed and efficiency should not take precedence over the impact on human lives.

Archbishop Ettore Balestrero · Jul 7, 2026 · full quote
Third, humans must remain in the loop for high-impact decisions with clear accountability for AI-driven outcomes.

Government of Bangladesh · Jul 7, 2026 · full quote

Bias and error correction

Proponents argue automated recruitment tools can wrongly remove qualified people from consideration or produce biased outcomes. They call for manual review of screened-out, flagged, selected, and rejected candidates so errors, accuracy problems, and unfairness can be caught before progression or rejection.

Meaningful human oversight and intervention is also necessary to ensure that issues with an AI recruitment platform do not remove good candidates from contention.

Privacy International · Jul 9, 2026 · full quote
No one should be shut out of their next job because of a machine's decision. Automated systems like AI can produce biased hiring outcomes for people from different backgrounds, and Congress must establish safeguards to protect workers from potential discrimination and safeguard a…

Suzanne Bonamici · Jun 18, 2026 · full quote
To mitigate bias and ensure fairness, organisations should implement strong human-in-the-loop guardrails. This includes a final human review of all AI-selected candidates before progressing them, as well as regular audits of rejected profiles to validate accuracy and neutrality.

Daniel Kusmanto · Jun 18, 2026 · full quote
AI should assist, not replace, human judgement. Include manual review for candidates screened out or flagged by automated systems to prevent bias from going undetected.

California Courts · Apr 16, 2026 · full quote
Human oversight is needed wherever AI outputs inform decisions about people. In recruiting, that means maintaining human review of final hiring decisions rather than letting AI tools screen candidates out without human evaluation.

Ridge Carpenter · May 15, 2026 · full quote

Meaningful review rights

Supporters argue that oversight must be real, explainable, and contestable rather than a rubber stamp. They point to rights to understand how an automated decision was reached, request human review, and have accountable reviewers with authority to stop harmful outputs.

When decisions are made about you without people being involved, this is called ‘automated individual decision-making and profiling’ or ‘automated processing’, for short. You have the right: * not to be subject to a decision that is based solely on automated processing if the …

Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) · full quote
When decisions are made without a real person involved, you have the right to: ... Challenge a decision and ask for a ‘human review’: If you believe an automated decision is wrong, you can ask how the decision was reached. You have the right to contest the decision, explain your …

Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) · Mar 31, 2026 · full quote
Any institution using consequential AI should name accountable reviewers, train them to detect automation bias and give them real authority to stop harmful outputs.

Cornelia C. Walther · Jun 23, 2026 · full quote
Systems must show their reasoning so human review is genuine, not performative.

Buddhi Jayatilleke · Apr 15, 2026 · full quote
Employers should implement meaningful human review of AI-driven employment decisions and ensure that humans retain decision-making authority so that AI is used to inform — rather than dictate — workforce decisions.

Lisa A. Zaccardelli · Jun 29, 2026 · full quote

Worker dignity safeguards

Labor and civil-liberties advocates frame the ban as a guardrail against opaque automated management systems that can unfairly judge competence, deepen employer power imbalances, and pair employment decisions with intrusive surveillance. In their view, people rather than algorithms should make important decisions about workers and applicants.

When we talk about technical innovation, we must put workers first. Currently, some employers abuse their authority to collect troves of data, spy on workers’ every move, and hand critical employment decisions to an automated system. AI has only made this tech-fueled power imbala…

Edward J. Markey · Jun 18, 2026 · full quote
Workers should be managed by people – not robots. As companies increasingly rely on AI tools to manage their workplaces, our bill protects prospective and existing workers from discrimination by automated decision systems and encourages transparency around the use of these tools.

Brian Schatz · Jun 18, 2026 · full quote
Every worker should be able to do their job without having technology used to watch their every move or make important decisions about their employment without guardrails. The No Robot Bosses Act and Stop Spying Bosses Act are a huge step in the right direction to make sure that …

Jina John · Jun 18, 2026 · full quote
The No Robot Bosses Act & Stop Spying Bosses Act protect America’s workers from opaque automated systems that invade their privacy and are used to unfairly judge their competence, scrutinize their every move, and interfere with their ability to collectively organize for better pa…

Caitriona Fitzgerald · Jun 18, 2026 · full quote
AI should be a tool to help workers, not a weapon used against them. Nobody should be disciplined or fired by an algorithm or have sensitive personal information collected without their consent. These bills provide the commonsense guardrails that workers across the country and ac…

Liz Schuler · Jun 18, 2026 · full quote

Arguments against

Compliance and delay concerns

Opponents argue that mandatory human-review, disclosure, and auditing rules are among the most burdensome compliance requirements for employers. They warn that such mandates could slow hiring, raise administrative costs, and discourage especially smaller employers from using tools that streamline workforce management.

The extensive disclosure, auditing, and human-review mandates could slow hiring processes, increase administrative costs, and discourage employers—especially smaller ones—from using tools that streamline workforce management.

Daniel O'Keefe · Mar 10, 2026 · full quote
The requirement of human review is one of the most burdensome compliance elements for employers, particularly in comparison to states that allow alternative processes rather than human review.

Christopher Davis · Mar 4, 2026 · full quote

Middle ground

Risk-based regulation

Some officials do not reject regulation, but argue it should depend on how AI is deployed, what harms may occur, and whether existing measures are already effective. They say governments should study employment impacts and choose the most appropriate response only after that assessment.

As with any technology, the need for regulation depends on how it is deployed, the nature of harm that may be caused, and whether existing measures are effective in addressing those harms. Where existing measures are assessed to be inadequate and a suitable response can be design…

Ministry of Digital Development and Information (Singapore) · Jul 7, 2026 · full quote
Hence, under the overarching ambit of the National AI Council and together with tripartite partners, we are studying the use of AI tools by businesses and its impact on employment, before deciding the most appropriate approach for Singapore.

Ministry of Manpower (Singapore) · May 5, 2026 · full quote

AI as decision support

Many nuanced quotes distinguish between banning fully automated final decisions and allowing AI-assisted recruiting. They support AI to source, analyze, summarize, or streamline, provided an authorized human evaluates the recommendation, can modify or reject it, and remains accountable for the outcome.

In human resources, AI is most effective when it augments—rather than replaces—human judgment and engagement. Employers are using AI throughout the hiring process to source candidates, analyze qualifications, and make more informed decisions.

Ryan Birbal · Apr 15, 2026 · full quote
Importantly, in human resource functions, AI is most effective when it augments—not replaces—human judgment. Recruiters and hiring managers remain accountable for employment decisions, with AI serving as a decision-support tool rather than an automated gatekeeper.

CHRO Association · Feb 20, 2026 · full quote
AI and automation can inform, summarize, and surface insights, but they are never the final decision-makers.

Daniel Chait · Apr 17, 2026 · full quote
Workday's AI recruiting tools don't make hiring decisions in California or anywhere else. Our customers maintain full control of their hiring process and our tools are designed with human oversight at their core.

Workday · Jun 23, 2026 · full quote
Final approval for high-impact or consequential decisions, defined as those with significant academic, employment, financial, or legal implications, rests with an authorized human reviewer who evaluates the basis for the recommendation and has discretion to modify or reject it.

Tarrant County College District · Mar 25, 2026 · full quote

Insights

Across governments, universities, vendors, and labor groups, many quotes converge on the same distinction: AI may assist recruitment, but final employment decisions should stay with humans.
Several quotes treat human review, transparency, traceability, explanation, and the ability to contest a decision as linked safeguards rather than separate issues.
A recurring concern among supporters is not just final rejection, but earlier screening or ranking steps that can silently remove qualified candidates from contention.
The clearest opposition in the sample focuses on implementation burdens and speed, not on defending fully autonomous hiring as a preferred model.
More conditional quotes emphasize risk- and deployment-specific regulation, suggesting disagreement over how to govern AI use more than over whether responsible safeguards matter.

Across the provided quotes, support is usually framed not as opposition to AI in recruitment, but as a demand that people remain accountable, able to explain decisions, and able to correct bias or error. The main disagreement is over regulatory design: critics warn that mandatory review and related compliance duties could slow hiring and add costs, while some undecided voices prefer a more context-specific approach tied to deployment and harm.

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Fountain
Hiring-platform company publishing workforce and AI recruiting practices.

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Fountain notifies candidates before any AI interaction, with opt-out to a human alternative, explainable scoring, and human recruiters making every final hiring decision.
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Jennifer Lin
Director of Product Management at Indeed.

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At Indeed, we believe hiring is, and should remain, a human decision.
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Global privacy rights NGO

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Meaningful human oversight and intervention is also necessary to ensure that issues with an AI recruitment platform do not remove good candidates from contention.
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Archbishop Ettore Balestrero
Apostolic Nuncio and Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva.

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Every critical choice made by an automated system must have human oversight, and speed and efficiency should not take precedence over the impact on human lives.
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Paula Bragantes Zamora
Costa Rican diplomat who co-chaired the UN Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance in July 2026.

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Fourth, trust requires transparency, independent evaluation, and accountability throughout the AI system's life cycle, especially when AI systems affect access to healthcare, education, employment, credit, public services, and democratic participatio...
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Government of Bangladesh
National government of Bangladesh, speaking through its delegation at the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance in July 2026.

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Third, humans must remain in the loop for high-impact decisions with clear accountability for AI-driven outcomes.
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Leonardo Cervera Navas
Director General of the European Data Protection Supervisor, speaking at the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance in July 2026.

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We have to be careful with this technology, and we always have to have this technology under supervision.
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Eugênio Garcia
Brazilian delegate speaking at the UN Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance in July 2026.

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Humans must retain final control over decisions supported or affected by AI. This is particularly important when AI systems can affect access to rights, public services, employment opportunities, education, healthcare, credit, information, or democra...
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David Lametti
Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations and former Minister of Justice.

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Human beings bring not only intelligence, but also judgment and wisdom to choices that have to be made. So the challenge for AI is being subject to that human judgment and human intelligence.
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Samuel Arsenault
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If we want to strengthen our justice systems, I am of the view that we have to focus on four priorities: to strengthen institutional capacities of lawyers and jurists, to look at transparency and traceability in the use of AI, to have human oversight...
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Volker Türk
UN human rights chief

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When AI gathers data or carries out a decision without human agency, responsibility can disappear into the system. And this is increasingly the case as AI agents are deployed in healthcare, finance, recruitment, and more.
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However capable of our systems become, a person must keep the final word to understand the decision, to contest it, and where it matters most, to switch the systems off. This is non-negotiable, above all in high-risk systems where a single decision c...
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Eugênio Garcia
Brazilian ambassador and diplomat engaged in AI governance discussions

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Humans must retain final control over decisions supported or affected by AI. This is particularly important when AI systems can affect access to rights, public services, employment opportunities, education, healthcare, credit, information, or democra...
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Government of Lithuania
Government of Lithuania speaking through its delegate at the UN Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance in July 2026.

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Technology should complement, not replace, human decision-making and responsibility. AI governance must protect human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. Human-in-the-loop principle that requires human oversight, validation, or intervention at cr...
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Tech Global Institute
Policy research organization focused on technology governance, accountability, and social impact.

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Transparency and oversight must extend to algorithmic management, data and platform workers.
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Indeed
Job search and hiring platform

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you are solely responsible for your screening and hiring decisions [...] You agree to use Smart Screening with appropriate human review.
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University of Illinois System
Public university system that issued 2026 recruitment and hiring guidelines requiring people to make employment decisions.

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AI may be used as a tool during the hiring process, but all employment decisions must be made by a person.
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Allison McLellan
Author at Indeed focused on talent strategy and AI-driven hiring.

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Establish human-only checkpoints throughout AI-augmented processes to allow candidates to connect with the people behind the org.
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Lisa A. Zaccardelli
Chair of the Labor and Employment Practice at Hinckley Allen; employment-law attorney.

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Employers should implement meaningful human review of AI-driven employment decisions and ensure that humans retain decision-making authority so that AI is used to inform — rather than dictate — workforce decisions.
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University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Public university in Arkansas that adopted an artificial intelligence acceptable use policy in 2026.

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Human review and validation must remain central to critical decisions affecting areas such as employment, student records, financial aid, health care, or disciplinary matters.
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Brooks Parker
Talent operations and analytics leader at Metrea, speaking on responsible AI in hiring.

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Candidate selection, application review and interviewing? Those are places I would love to see humans remain deeply involved. Not because AI has no role, but because humans should be the arbiters of decisions that change people’s lives.
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Australian Treasury
Australian Government department providing economic and fiscal policy advice.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) tools do not make recruitment decisions. A human selection panel assesses candidates and makes employment decisions. These tools do not replace human decision-making.
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New York State Office of Information Technology Services
New York State agency responsible for statewide information technology policy and services.

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SAs must ensure that decisions that impact the public are not made without oversight by appropriate staff, who make the final decisions. Furthermore, SA users of AI systems must provide meaningful oversight over all decisions made by an AI system and...
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Cornelia C. Walther
Senior fellow at CIGI and scholar of AI, human rights, and algorithmic governance.

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Any institution using consequential AI should name accountable reviewers, train them to detect automation bias and give them real authority to stop harmful outputs.
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Regardless of where or how AI is used in a work product, employees are the final decision-makers and remain fully responsible for all AI-assisted output.
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Ariki Ono
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As artificial intelligence (AI) improves at tasks such as analysis, content generation and decision-making, human value will lie in defining problems, setting constraints, evaluating outcomes and making final decisions.
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Patricia Hyde
Author at Hubert, an AI-powered hiring platform.

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The final hire or no-hire call always stays with your team. Hubert is a high-speed research assistant, not a decision-maker.
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Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
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The No Robot Bosses Act prohibits employers from predominantly relying on automated decision systems to make workplace decisions, mandates pre-deployment assessments and transparency about the use of automated decision systems, gives workers the righ...
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Liz Schuler
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AI should be a tool to help workers, not a weapon used against them. Nobody should be disciplined or fired by an algorithm or have sensitive personal information collected without their consent. These bills provide the commonsense guardrails that wor...
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To mitigate bias and ensure fairness, organisations should implement strong human-in-the-loop guardrails. This includes a final human review of all AI-selected candidates before progressing them, as well as regular audits of rejected profiles to vali...
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Suzanne Bonamici
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No one should be shut out of their next job because of a machine's decision. Automated systems like AI can produce biased hiring outcomes for people from different backgrounds, and Congress must establish safeguards to protect workers from potential ...
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Edward J. Markey
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Workers should not be the test subjects or casualties of unchecked automation, nor should AI give employers a blank check to surveil workers, replace human judgment with unaccountable algorithms, or eliminate jobs while shifting the costs onto worker...
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Promontory School of Expeditionary Learning
Utah public charter school.

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AI shall not serve as the sole basis for significant educational or employment decisions, including but not limited to student discipline, grading, placement, evaluations, or hiring decisions. Human review and professional judgment shall remain centr...
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Ridhi Shetty
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We welcome the No Robot Bosses Act and Stop Spying Bosses Act as a significant step forward in protecting workers in an increasingly tech- and AI-driven workplace. Combined, these bills would help address several harms employees face from the hidden ...
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Rebecca Dixon
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Corporations are expanding predatory surveillance and AI-powered HR systems across all kinds of workplaces. With the Stop Spying Bosses Act and the No Robot Bosses Act, Congress is taking an important step to protect workers' privacy and rights on th...
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Irene Tung
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Bossware systems are becoming common in workplaces but there are no rules or guardrails to protect workers. It’s like the Wild West. These two bills would establish critical worker protections to rein in abusive digital technologies in the workplace....
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Caitriona Fitzgerald
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The No Robot Bosses Act & Stop Spying Bosses Act protect America’s workers from opaque automated systems that invade their privacy and are used to unfairly judge their competence, scrutinize their every move, and interfere with their ability to colle...
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Jamie Brown
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Nurses are witnessing our employers move at breakneck speed to introduce unregulated AI into our hospitals pushing unsafe staffing and jeopardizing patient safety. The last thing we need is a 'robot boss' surveilling our every move on the job and get...
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Jina John
Senior Policy Counsel for AI, Privacy and Technology at the ACLU.

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Every worker should be able to do their job without having technology used to watch their every move or make important decisions about their employment without guardrails. The No Robot Bosses Act and Stop Spying Bosses Act are a huge step in the righ...
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Dan Mauer
Director of Government Affairs at the Communications Workers of America (CWA).

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The No Robot Bosses Act is exactly what we need to protect people's job security and dignity, and to stop algorithmic discrimination before it starts. We applaud Senator Markey for introducing this legislation. Congress must act swiftly to pass the N...
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Liz Shuler
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AI should be a tool to help workers, not a weapon used against them. Nobody should be disciplined or fired by an algorithm or have sensitive personal information collected without their consent. These bills provide the commonsense guardrails that wor...
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Brian Schatz
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Workers should be managed by people – not robots. As companies increasingly rely on AI tools to manage their workplaces, our bill protects prospective and existing workers from discrimination by automated decision systems and encourages transparency ...
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Professional association for human resource management.

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Several laws require a qualified human to review AI-generated outcomes before a candidate is rejected. Fully automated rejection workflows may no longer be legally defensible.
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AI should improve consistency and speed, but final hiring decisions still need human review.
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Jefferson County
Wisconsin county government.

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AI output cannot be the sole basis for decisions that significantly impact an individual, such as hiring, promotions, disciplinary actions, or eligibility for county services.
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Le Moyne College
Jesuit college in Syracuse, New York that adopted an institutional AI policy in 2026.

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Automated Decision-Making: Using AI as the sole determining authority in high-impact institutional decisions—including admissions, hiring, promotion, tenure, financial aid allocation, student discipline, or employee termination. A human must always m...
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Delta College
Public community college in Michigan with a 2026 institutional AI policy.

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Fully automated decisions in admissions, grading, hiring, discipline, or financial aid. AI-generated evaluations without meaningful human review.
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Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston
Crossbench member of the UK House of Lords and former First Civil Service Commissioner.

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The Civil Service uses AI and so does the commission, but we have always been very clear that AI is supposed to support the human decision-maker, rather than to remove the human decision-maker.
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Ruth Wilkinson
Head of Policy and Public Affairs at IOSH.

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Safety by design must be non-negotiable. Workplace AI systems – whether used in hiring, productivity monitoring, or automated decision making – must undergo rigorous occupational safety and health and fundamental rights impact assessments before depl...
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Department of Veterans' Affairs
Australian Government department responsible for veterans’ affairs and services.

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We use AI (Microsoft 365 Copilot) to help us work more efficiently and support administrative effectiveness in conjunction with human oversight, but we do not use AI to make selection decisions about candidates. This includes not using AI to assess, ...
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HP
Technology company.

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All hiring decisions are made by recruiters and hiring managers who have conducted in-person interviews and will use AI interviews as additional input, after reviewing AI outputs, including interview summaries, question-level response, and any suppor...
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Legal & General
British financial services and insurance company.

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Where used, AI is used only as a supportive mechanism to enhance fairness and efficiency. It does not make final hiring decisions. AI-assisted outcomes that affect your progression in the recruitment process are reviewed and confirmed by a trained hu...
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College of Western Idaho
Public community college in Idaho that adopted a safe and ethical artificial intelligence policy in 2026.

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Allowing AI systems to make final decisions that significantly affect individuals (e.g., academic standing, access to services, employment decisions) without meaningful human review.
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Virginia Information Technologies Agency
Virginia state technology agency responsible for statewide IT policy and standards.

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Applicants and employees must be informed when AI is used in hiring or employment decisions.
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Wesley Bryan
President of BPaaS Services at Veritas Prime, writing on enterprise AI and HR technology.

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HR and payroll functions involve many data-intensive and high-volume processes, which also happen to be exactly the type of functions where AI is most suited to augment, not replace, human effort. [...] But in virtually all cases, a level of human ov...
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Óscar López Águeda
Spanish digital transformation minister.

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It establishes something essential that is in all debates about artificial intelligence, which is the mandatory nature of human supervision of models.
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University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Medical school of the University of Kentucky and home to its graduate medical education programs.

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AI must not independently screen, score, rank, or select applicants. All recruitment decisions must be made by human reviewers.
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Alonzo Martinez
Forbes contributor writing about governance and accountability in AI-enabled hiring.

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Technology can absolutely strengthen parts of the hiring process. But employment decisions still require accountable human judgment.
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European Parliament
EU legislative body

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Decisions concerning the initiation or termination of employment, the renewal or non-renewal of a contractual agreement, or any changes in remuneration or disciplinary action should always be taken by a human being and should be subject to human revi...
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James Alan Miller
Senior Executive Editor at TechTarget, writing on responsible use of AI in hiring.

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Responsible enterprises and HR software vendors should not position AI as the final decision-maker. Nor should they treat human review as a rubber stamp on an AI recommendation.
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James Alan Miller
Senior Executive Editor at TechTarget covering enterprise HR technology and AI hiring.

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But responsible enterprises and HR software vendors should not position AI as the final decision-maker. Nor should they treat human review as a rubber stamp on an AI recommendation.
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Ohio Wesleyan University
Private liberal arts university in Ohio that issued a 2026 generative AI policy restricting AI use in final employment decisions.

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Gen AI must not be used as the primary tool to make final decisions regarding employee hiring, termination, disciplinary actions, or wage and benefit allocations.
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Pope Leo XIV
Head of the Catholic Church

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Important and sensitive decisions — concerning employment, credit, access to public services or even a person’s reputation — risk being fully delegated to automated systems that do not know “compassion, mercy, forgiveness, and above all, the hope tha...
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Ridge Carpenter
AI Product Manager at Kelly Services, specializing in machine learning and staffing solutions

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Human oversight is needed wherever AI outputs inform decisions about people. In recruiting, that means maintaining human review of final hiring decisions rather than letting AI tools screen candidates out without human evaluation.
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U.S. General Services Administration
U.S. federal agency responsible for government procurement, real estate, and technology policy.

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All system practitioners must complete requisite AI training requirements, and human validation and intervention protocols should be in place to ensure that all output decisions made by AI systems are regularly evaluated.
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Town of Grand Lake
Municipal government of Grand Lake, Colorado.

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Make or substantially influence final decisions about hiring, discipline, termination, performance evaluations, benefits eligibility, code enforcement actions, permit denials, or any other decision that materially affects an individual’s rights, empl...
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Clark University
Private research university in Massachusetts; adopted an artificial intelligence use policy in 2026.

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All high-impact automated decisions must include human review to ensure fairness and accuracy. AI-driven solutions are encouraged for admissions, finance, financial aid, employment, advancement, evaluation, and other key processes. AI-generated outpu...
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Pennsylvania Office of Administration
Pennsylvania state agency overseeing administrative and information technology policy for executive agencies.

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Hiring managers can use AI to summarize interview notes and draft job descriptions, but they cannot use it to assess interview responses or make hiring decisions.
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National AI Centre
Australian Government national centre providing guidance for responsible AI adoption.

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Unlike traditional software that follows explicit instructions, AI systems learn patterns from data and make their own opaque decision logic. This could mean automated monitoring for low-stakes applications, and mandatory human review for high-stakes...
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Victoria Gu
Rhode Island state senator; chair of the Senate Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies

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Businesses in Rhode Island are already using AI and electronic monitoring tools to surveil and discipline workers in a way no human supervisor could. If you’re making these consequential decisions over workers’ lives, there needs to be disclosure, me...
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Freelance Labs Inc.
Company operating Braintrust AIR, an AI-enabled recruiting and interview platform.

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Customers should maintain meaningful human review over employment-related decisions and should not rely solely on AI-generated outputs where prohibited by law or where human review is required.
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Camunda
Enterprise software company developing workflow automation and process-orchestration technology.

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AI assists our process; humans make every hiring decision.
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Northwestern University
Private research university whose HR leadership described a human-centered AI hiring pilot in May 2026.

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recruiters and hiring managers retain full responsibility for hiring decisions, with AI serving only as a tool to streamline and improve consistency in the review process.
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Women AI Labs
Research organization examining gender equity, bias, and safety in artificial intelligence.

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Complement AI screening with structured human review for all candidates flagged by the system.
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Health-ISAC
Health-sector information sharing and analysis center that published AI governance guidance requiring oversight and human review in 2026.

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It sets clear definitions of responsible use of generative AI and LLMs, prohibiting exposure of PHI, PII, and confidential data to public tools, and requiring authorization, oversight, and human review of AI outputs in clinical, HR, legal, and financ...
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Sebastian Scott
CEO and co-founder of Clera, writing on transparent, human-centred AI hiring.

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The most effective organisations will not be those that automate the quickest. They will be those that combine technology with expertise, where AI handles scale while people provide context, nuance, and final judgment.
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University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College
Public two-year college in Arkansas whose 2026 AI policy keeps final accountability and critical decisions with human employees.

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If used in decision-making, an authorized human employee or designee must make all final decisions regardless of the recommendation of the AI or automated decision tool.
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Australian Public Service Commission
Australian Government agency responsible for public-service workforce policy and standards.

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AI tools must not make the final decision in recruitment outcomes. This requires human review and oversight and remains the responsibility of the selection panel and delegate.
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Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Australian Government department responsible for climate, energy, environment and water policy.

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We do not use AI to make selection decisions about candidates. All decisions to shortlist, assess or select candidates are made by a human selection panel, consistent with APS merit based recruitment principles.
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Daniel Chait
Co-founder and CEO of Greenhouse, a hiring-platform company.

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AI and automation can inform, summarize, and surface insights, but they are never the final decision-makers.
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Greenhouse
Hiring-platform company publishing responsible AI principles for recruitment.

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AI and automation can inform, summarize, and surface insights, but they are never the final decision-makers. Every recommendation can be questioned, every decision has an owner, and every outcome can be traced back to human intent, preserving account...
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Handshake
Employment platform connecting students, career centers, and employers.

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We never make hiring decisions on behalf of the employer. We keep a "human in the loop" and do not use AI for automated decision making.
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Meredith Johnson
Chief Product Officer at Greenhouse.

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We don't treat AI as a decision-maker. With structure, AI creates an explainable signal that teams can trust.
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North Central University
Private Christian university in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Make final decisions about hiring, promotion, termination, student admissions, student discipline, or other consequential determinations affecting individuals. AI tools may inform decision-making processes, but humans must make all final determinatio...
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California Courts
Judicial branch of the State of California.

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AI should assist, not replace, human judgement. Include manual review for candidates screened out or flagged by automated systems to prevent bias from going undetected.
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North Davis Fire District
Utah special service district providing fire and emergency services; updated its personnel policy with AI restrictions in 2026.

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Using AI to make employment decisions, including hiring, evaluations, discipline, or promotions
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Buddhi Jayatilleke
Author and AI recruitment practitioner at Sapia.ai.

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Systems must show their reasoning so human review is genuine, not performative.
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Hirefathom
Recruiting technology company publishing guidance on human oversight in AI-enabled hiring.

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In recruiting, that's not good enough — hiring decisions have EEOC implications, they affect real people's careers, and the recruiter is accountable for the outcome.
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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.

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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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Ryan Birbal
Senior vice president for public policy at HR Policy Association; testified to Congress on workplace AI in 2026.

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In human resources, AI is most effective when it augments—rather than replaces—human judgment and engagement. Employers are using AI throughout the hiring process to source candidates, analyze qualifications, and make more informed decisions.
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Purdue University
Public research university in Indiana that issued a 2026 AI use policy barring AI from being the sole factor in personnel decisions.

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AI may be used to inform decision makers, but it must not be the sole factor used in making personnel, award or disciplinary decisions.
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ARIZONA@WORK-Yuma County
Yuma County workforce development system operating through the Yuma Private Industry Council.

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AI may not be used as the basis for: hiring decisions, terminations, disciplinary actions, promotions, or performance ratings;
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HM Inspectorate of Probation
Independent public body that inspects probation services in England and Wales.

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GenAI is not used as the sole or primary mechanism to make decisions relating to people or resources without clear human oversight and accountability (e.g. recruitment processes).
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Wesleyan College
Private liberal arts college in Macon, Georgia.

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AI tools must not be used as the sole or primary basis for personnel decisions, including hiring, evaluation, or disciplinary matters.
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City of Geneva
Municipal government of Geneva, New York.

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All AI assisted work must be reviewed, verified, and approved by the employee prior to use, reliance, or distribution. AI-generated content shall not be used as a final authority without human review.
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Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)
UK data protection authority

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When decisions are made without a real person involved, you have the right to: ... Challenge a decision and ask for a ‘human review’: If you believe an automated decision is wrong, you can ask how the decision was reached. You have the right to conte...
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Keith Rosser
Chair of the Better Hiring Institute and a UK recruitment-industry leader.

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AI has the potential to be the biggest single change to hiring since the internet. Whether this change is positive or negative depends on how we - the UK hiring community - harness and apply it. It should be about hiring outputs, leaving humans to fo...
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William Malcolm
Executive Director for Regulatory Risk at the UK Information Commissioner's Office.

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Jobseekers want to work for an employer they can trust – this trust is built and maintained by using people’s personal information fairly and respecting their rights. Being transparent about how you are using AI and automation in your recruitment pro...
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Tarrant County College District
Texas public community college district that adopted 2026 AI rules requiring human approval for high-impact employment decisions.

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Final approval for high-impact or consequential decisions, defined as those with significant academic, employment, financial, or legal implications, rests with an authorized human reviewer who evaluates the basis for the recommendation and has discre...
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Tallahassee State College
Public community college in Tallahassee, Florida that adopted AI acceptable-use rules requiring substantive human oversight in 2026.

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AI must not be used for automated decisions affecting students, employees, or research subjects without substantive human oversight or formal approval by Information Technology and the applicable data custodians;
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Niusha Shafiabady
Professor of Computational Intelligence at Australian Catholic University.

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In healthcare, justice, finance and public administration, humans must remain accountable decision-makers. Professional reasoning should be documented rather than displaced. Training programmes should address the cognitive risks of automation bias an...
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Connecticut General Assembly
State legislature of Connecticut.

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No automated employment-related decision process shall be used by a deployer in making any employment-related decision without human review over such employment-related decision.
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Joachim Kolle
Founder of Reqcore, an open-source applicant-tracking-system company.

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AI should score, rank, and surface candidates — but it should not make the final hiring decision.
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Archuleta County
Colorado county government.

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AI may not be used for final decisions regarding criminal justice matters, benefits eligibility, hiring, terminations, or disciplinary actions without human review and approval.
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City of Berkeley
Municipal government of Berkeley, California.

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AI systems should be transparent, include public input, and remain subject to human oversight. When guided by equity and democratic accountability, AI can support fair employment practices, workforce development, and inclusive economic growth while s...
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Diego Flores Romero and Karley Nadolski
Yale Law School Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic students and co-authors of joint 2026 testimony on SB 435.

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These sections require transparency and meaningful human oversight whenever employers use automated processes to make employment-related decisions in the workplace.
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Lester Tillman
Information Technology Subject Matter Expert in Connecticut state service and union steward for CSEA/SEIU Local 2001.

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It's crucial that technology does not undermine worker rights or eliminate human judgment in workplace decisions.
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Stuart Savelkoul
Chief of Staff for AFT Connecticut.

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If an algorithm can influence whether someone gets hired, promoted, or fired, workers deserve to know how it works and have the right to question it.
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Bianca Beland
Environmental analyst at the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and CSEA SEIU Local 2001 steward.

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It's crucial that technology does not undermine worker rights or eliminate human judgment in workplace decisions.
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Danté Bartolomeo
Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Labor.

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AI systems should be monitored with human review of system input, output, decision-making logic, errors, accuracy, and appropriateness.
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Koula Vasilopoulos
Senior Managing Director at Robert Half, Canada

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This research reinforces that technology works best when paired with human judgment, which remains essential for evaluating talent and keeping hiring decisions timely and on track.
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Rochelle Palache
State Director of 32BJ SEIU in Connecticut.

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SB 435 establishes essential protections against these kinds of problems by requiring transparency, bias audits, and human oversight when AI is used to make decisions about workers.
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Jess Zaccagnino
Policy counsel at the ACLU of Connecticut.

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The bill requires transparency, bias audits, and human oversight when these technologies are used in hiring, discipline, scheduling, performance evaluation, or other employment-related decisions.
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Ed Hawthorne
President of the Connecticut AFL-CIO labor federation.

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The bill prohibits final employment decisions from being made by automated decision systems without human oversight.
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New River Community and Technical College
Public community and technical college in West Virginia.

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AI tools shall not be used as sole determinants in decision-making that affect employment, student grading, or admission without human oversight.
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Jan Lawrence
President of the Connecticut State Employees Association, SEIU Local 2001; labor leader advocating worker safeguards for AI in employment decisions.

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SB 86 should explicitly require transparency when AI systems materially impact employment decisions, and it must guarantee workers the right to explanation and human review.
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Anna P. Lucey
Executive Vice President of Legislative and External Affairs at the New England Connectivity and Telecommunications Association.

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We recommend amending the definition to limit coverage to “artificial intelligence systems” that make employment-related decisions “without human review or input.”
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New England Connectivity and Telecommunications Association
Regional telecommunications industry association representing New England communications providers.

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The notice requirements should apply to decisions made without human involvement, which is the higher-risk activity the bill intends to address. We recommend amending Section 15 to replace references to “substantial factor” with language focused on d...
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Melvette Hill
Executive Director of Connecticut’s Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity & Opportunity.

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Ensuring transparency, access to understandable information, and the availability of human review helps support continued participation in the workforce and reduces the risk that emerging technologies unintentionally limit access to employment and ad...
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Town of Wiscasset
Municipal government in Maine.

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AI shall not replace human decision-making and shall not be used as the sole basis for personnel, enforcement, regulatory, financial, or legal determinations.
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South Georgia State College
Public state college in Georgia.

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Human accountability is non-delegable; users remain responsible for the accuracy, legality, ethics, and appropriateness of AI-influenced work or decisions. AI tools may support but not replace human judgment in high-impact decisions; a qualified SGSC...
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WaterISAC
Water Information Sharing and Analysis Center serving the U.S. water sector with cybersecurity and resilience guidance.

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AI must not be used to make final decisions that significantly affect members (e.g., eligibility, services, employment) without human review.
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Stefan Buijsman
Philosopher of science and associate professor at Delft University of Technology, specializing in AI explainability and ethics.

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We should avoid applications of AI that largely replace decision-making (relegating humans to the position of checking outputs). We can, however, use AI in other roles even for high-risk decision making while conforming to all of the requirements set...
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Arkansas Department of Shared Administrative Services Office of State Technology
Arkansas state technology office overseeing IT policy and services for the executive branch.

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Rely solely on AI to make binding legal, personnel, financial, or policy decisions without human review.
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Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Australian Government department responsible for employment and workplace-relations policy.

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DEWR does not use AI to make selection decisions about candidates. This includes not using AI to assess, screen or rank applications or resumes. All decisions to shortlist, assess or select candidates are made by a human selection panel, consistent w...
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Williamson County
Texas county government that adopted an artificial intelligence policy in 2026.

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AI tools shall not be used when making hiring, promotion, or other employment decisions regarding individuals.
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Minnesota Legislature
State legislature of Minnesota.

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An employer must not rely solely on an automated decision system when making an employment-related decision. When an employer relies in part on an automated decision system in making an employment-related decision, the employer must: (1) ensure the a...
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CHRO Association
Public-policy advocacy organization representing chief human-resource officers at major corporations.

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Importantly, in human resource functions, AI is most effective when it augments—not replaces—human judgment. Recruiters and hiring managers remain accountable for employment decisions, with AI serving as a decision-support tool rather than an automat...
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Global Council for AI Standards
Organization publishing AI governance and human-oversight standards.

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This standard establishes mandatory requirements for human oversight of AI systems that make or substantially influence consequential decisions affecting natural persons. It applies to AI systems in production where the system's output directly deter...
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OHSU
Oregon Health & Science University, academic health center and public research university in Portland.

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Using AI to evaluate, rank or score residency or fellowship applicants unless the process is approved by institutional leadership and uses OHSU-approved methods.
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City of Goodlettsville
Tennessee municipal government.

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AI tools shall not be used to make final decisions related to personnel actions, disciplinary matters, hiring, termination, or compensation.
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Town of Fairfield
Maine municipal government whose town council discussed and published a draft AI policy in 2026.

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AI tools shall not be used for: Making final determinations on eligibility, enforcement, hiring, discipline, or benefits.
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Dallas College
Public community college district in Texas that adopted AI governance rules with human review and high-risk oversight requirements in 2026.

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An AI-assisted decision is considered a High-Risk AI Decision when it significantly affects: ... Employee hiring, promotion or termination; disciplinary actions or sanctions [...]. All AI generated content must be reviewed by qualified personnel of t...
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Ved Chitale
Employment lawyer and author on workplace use of artificial intelligence.

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AI should inform—not replace—human judgment. Ensure that qualified personnel review AI recommendations before any employment decision becomes final, and document the rationale for each hiring outcome.
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Ma. Nina Francesca P. Lacson
Philippine representative for Manila Teachers Party-list and sponsor of the National Artificial Intelligence Code of the Philippines.

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Employers using AI in recruitment, evaluation, promotion, or termination must ensure that no employment decision shall be based solely on AI output, and that all such decisions remain subject to meaningful human review and appeal.
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Workday
Enterprise software company providing human resources and finance applications.

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Workday's AI recruiting tools don't make hiring decisions in California or anywhere else. Our customers maintain full control of their hiring process and our tools are designed with human oversight at their core.
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David J. Walton
Partner at Fisher Phillips and co-chair of the firm's Artificial Intelligence Team; testified to Congress on workplace AI in 2026.

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For major employment decisions like hiring, firing, promotions, and pay, many companies require a human to review AI’s recommendation. This creates accountability. It also catches errors before they hurt workers.
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Tanya L. Goldman
Labor policy expert and workers' rights advocate; testified before the U.S. House Committee on Education and Workforce in 2026.

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Human-in-the-loop: Significant decisions that impact workers should be made with human oversight. Workers should be able to understand, review, and appeal automated decisions, without fear of retaliation.
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Lorena Gonzalez
President of the California Federation of Labor Unions, AFL-CIO; former California State Assembly member

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Right now, there are absolutely no restrictions on how employers can use artificial intelligence to arbitrarily discipline and fire their workers. Employers are devastating workers' livelihoods and taking no responsibility for the callous decisions o...
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Maryland State Department of Education
Maryland state education agency overseeing statewide K-12 policy, operations, and guidance.

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Ensure human review is required for all consequential personnel decisions.
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State Bar of California Council on Access and Fairness
State Bar of California body focused on diversity, access, and fairness in the legal profession.

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AI should assist, not replace, human judgement. Include manual review for candidates screened out or flagged by automated systems to prevent bias from going undetected.
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HM Revenue & Customs
United Kingdom government department responsible for tax collection and customs administration.

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Generative AI-enhanced software that helps customers with their tax should be designed with strong human oversight and control built in at appropriate stages.
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The Juilliard School
Performing arts conservatory in New York City.

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AI must not be used for final hiring decisions or assessment of employee performance.
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Sheila Callaham
Writer on workplace technology and AI hiring practices.

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Responsible use requires clear guardrails, regular audits for bias and reliability and human review at key decision points throughout the process of determining candidate eligibility.
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Southern University System
Public university system in Louisiana that adopted a 2026 umbrella policy requiring human oversight for high-stakes AI uses.

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AI must not be used to: Perform automated decisions on employment or student status without human oversight and documented fairness review.
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C. Vijayakumar
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of HCLTech

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Human oversight for high-stakes decisions: In areas such as hiring, credit and safety-critical operations, AI should augment, not replace, human judgment.
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Larinda C. Hooks
New York State Assemblymember for the 35th Assembly District and sponsor of Assembly Bill A9601 on human review in automated employment decisions.

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No applicant for employment may be denied employment solely on the basis of an action by an automated system. Any recommendations, scores, rankings, or filters made or applied by an automated system shall be subject to human evaluation and override a...
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Assembly Bill A9601
New York State bill

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Prohibits the use of automated systems to make employment decisions unless there is a meaningful human review of the output of such automated system prior to the final employment decision
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Kara Williams
Counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), working on AI and privacy policy.

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Importantly, S1169A would grant New York residents certain rights if an entity uses an AI system to make a consequential decision about them. Under this bill, deployers are required to inform people if they are going to be subject to a consequential ...
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Henry Garrido
Executive Director of District Council 37, New York City's largest public employee union.

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It must prevent the use of AI for surveillance; It must ensure human oversight of all automated decisions; and It must protect against the displacement of bargaining unit members.
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Communications Workers of America District 1
Labor union district representing workers in New York, New Jersey, New England, and eastern Canada.

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There are a few key areas where we are concerned about the increased use of AI in the workplace: monitoring (e.g., audio and video surveillance, tracking keystrokes, mouse movements), managing (e.g., coaching, job assessments, scheduling), hiring (e....
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Alexander Alonso
Chief Knowledge Officer at SHRM; submitted New York State Senate testimony on workplace AI in 2026.

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Within recruiting, AI-enabled tools are primarily used in upstream, administrative, and support functions. The most common applications include writing job descriptions (66%), screening applicant resumes (44%) and automating candidate searches (32%)....
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Alexandra Reeve Givens
President and CEO of the Center for Democracy & Technology; technology policy advocate and congressional witness.

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In a 2024 survey of business leaders, the majority reported plans to use AI in hiring by 2025, and seven in ten said they would let AI systems reject candidates without human oversight, despite the risk of adverse outcomes. This trajectory risks resh...
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Elizabeth S. Watson
Director of Federal Government Affairs at the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME).

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AI policy should include guardrails to ensure that employment-related decisions are made by humans.
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Virginia Union University
Private historically Black university in Richmond, Virginia.

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All final decisions affecting students or employees must be made by humans, taking into account AI input as one of several factors.
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Willo
Hiring technology company that publishes research on AI, interviewing, and recruitment practices.

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Hiring teams draw very clear lines: some stages must remain human-led: There is overwhelming consensus that interviews, relationship-building, negotiation, onboarding, and final decisions cannot be automated.
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Euan Cameron
Co-founder and CEO of Willo, a video-interview and hiring technology company.

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Progress happens when technology supports human judgment rather than competing with it.
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Safe Work Australia
Australian Government statutory agency that develops national work health and safety policy.

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We do not use AI to assess, review or filter applications or résumés. We also do not allow external recruitment agencies to use AI for these purposes. A human selection panel makes all decisions about shortlisting and progressing applicants.
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Withum
Advisory, tax, and accounting firm publishing AI-governance guidance for organizations.

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Fully automated hiring, promotion, termination, compensation, or performance decisions.
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University of Florida
Public research university in Gainesville, Florida.

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Maintain human (non-AI) oversight and intervention in AI-driven and AI-supported HR processes. Ensure that final decisions regarding employee matters are made by qualified HR professionals. AI should be utilized as a tool to augment and support the c...
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Town of Standish
Municipal government of Standish, Maine.

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AI tools shall NOT be used for: Making final determinations on employment actions, benefits, permits, enforcement, or legal matters without human review.
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City of Pea Ridge
Municipal government of Pea Ridge, Arkansas.

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AI tools must be appropriately paired with human involvement and judgment, based on the circumstances, to ensure objective, legal, reasonable, and practical decision-making (such as when advanced thinking, complex reasoning, empathy, or ethics is req...
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Rhode Island General Assembly
State legislature of Rhode Island.

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An employer shall not rely primarily on employee data collected through electronic monitoring, when making hiring, promotion, disciplinary decisions up to and including termination, or compensation decisions. For an employer to satisfy the requiremen...
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City of Santa Cruz
Municipal government of Santa Cruz, California.

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Do not use AI to make consequential decisions regarding hiring, benefits, discipline, or other sensitive matters in which bias could play a role, without additional verification and human oversight.
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No Robot Bosses Act.
U.S. House bill

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(7) Employment-related decision.--The term ``employment-related decision'' includes a decision by an employer with regard to-- (A) hiring a covered individual (including any decision with regard to recruiting, screening, interviewing, or selecting a ...
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Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
Organizational psychologist and professor

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recruitment cannot be fully automated. The human touch [...] remain indispensable (and we should keep it this way).
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McDermott Will & Schulte
Global law firm

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AI is a tool, not the decision-maker. [...] it should never be relied on to make final hiring or employment decisions.
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Jason Perillo
Recruiting firm founder

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Building relationships with candidates is one of the most vital and least automatable parts of hiring. No chatbot can replicate the empathy, intuition, or trust that comes from a genuine human conversation. Candidates want to feel heard and understoo...
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Serena H. Huang
AI executive and keynote speaker

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AI should enhance human decision-making rather than replace it. [...] AI should never make final hiring decisions without human oversight. [...] AI should not create barriers that disadvantage candidates without access to advanced preparation tools.
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Jerry McNerney
California state senator

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Businesses are increasingly using AI to boost efficiency and productivity in the workplace. But there are currently no safeguards to prevent machines from unjustly or illegally impacting workers’ livelihoods and working conditions,[...] SB 7 does not...
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Craig Hunter
Service Development Director, Innovation

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AI is a powerful tool [...] hiring. It should never make the final decision—only provide the insights to make a better one.
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AFL-CIO
US labor federation

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Automated decisions must be reviewed by a human, and workers must be given the right to appeal AI-driven decisions about [...] hiring and firing [...]
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Hasti Khodadad
Client Success Partner, Suna Solutions

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Ensure human oversight. No hiring decision should be made solely by an algorithm. There must be a layer of human review.
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Sushil Baveja
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AI should augment human decision-making—not replace it. Hiring decisions directly impact people’s lives, careers and aspirations. Because of that, they cannot be treated as purely transactional or automated outcomes. While AI can improve efficiency,...
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European Commission
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High risk: high-risk AI systems such as [...] AI systems used for recruitment must comply with strict requirements, including [...] human oversight [...].
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Dylan A. Fernandes
MA state representative

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An employer or vendor [...] shall not solely rely on output from an ADS to make a hiring, promotion, termination, or disciplinary decision.
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Ash Kalra
California assemblymember from San Jose

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An employer or vendor acting on behalf of an employer shall not solely rely on output from an ADS to make a hiring, promotion, termination, or disciplinary decision.
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White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
U.S. White House science office

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[...] have access to a person who can quickly consider and remedy problems you encounter. [...] employment [...] incorporate human consideration for adverse or high-risk decisions.
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Data and Algorithms at Work: The Case for Worker Technology Rights
UC Berkeley Labor Center report

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Algorithms should not be used as a substitute for human decision making. The growing complexity of algorithmic systems means that even their developers may not understand how they arrive at conclusions—let alone the employers deploying these systems....
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Frances O'Grady
Former TUC general secretary

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This is a fork in the road. AI at work could be used to improve productivity and working lives, but it is already being used to make life-changing decisions about people at work—like who gets hired and fired. Without fair rules, the use of AI at work...
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Lilian Edwards
Internet law professor

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If these are actually being used as solely automated hiring systems, [...] I want there to be a human that makes this decision.
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European Parliament and Council of the European Union
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The data subject should have the right not to be subject to a decision [...] e-recruiting practices without any human intervention.
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Applicantz
Applicant tracking software provider

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Initial screening can be automated with human review required before rejection. Final hiring decisions must involve humans.
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Silvia Rad
Growee blogger on AI recruiting

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Final hiring decisions should always involve human judgment about factors like team dynamics, growth potential, and long-term fit that go beyond what AI can evaluate.
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Epicor
Business software company

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Although AI can’t replace human judgment, it can support [...] OUR work. Here’s what we do not use AI for: Making hiring decisions. Screening candidates.
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European Data Protection Board
EU data protection body

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[...] subject to a fully automatic decision (i.e. without any human intervention [...]). [...] automatic refusal of applicants who apply via an online platform;
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Niamh Smyth
Irish Minister of State for Trade Promotion, Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transformation.

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The deployment of AI online content moderation without human oversight can amplify disinformation, undermining the integrity of the information landscape, and this disproportionately affects women and girls.
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Esther Egobamien Mshelia
Member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).

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When developed using biased and non-representative data or deployed without adequate safeguards, they often reproduce and amplify the structural inequalities that women and girls continue to face.
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António Guterres
UN Secretary-General

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Science informs, but humans decide. Our goal is to make human control a technical reality, not a slogan. And that requires meaningful human oversight in every high-stakes decision — in justice, healthcare, credit.
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Jürgen Menze
ILO disability inclusion specialist

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AI should augment, not replace, human decision-making. Employers should ensure meaningful human oversight [...] any discriminatory outcomes that may arise.
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James Moylan
U.S. House Delegate for Guam

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At the end of the day, human judgment still needs to guide employment decisions [...].
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Subhashish Chakrabarty
Chief People Officer, CaratLane

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Every technological change creates an opportunity to rethink how we work. Before the printing press, people wrote everything by hand. When the press arrived, writing didn’t stop—production, scale and the nature of jobs changed. The same will happen ...
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Preemita Singh
President and CHRO, Havells India

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At Havells, AI is an enabler. We’ve adopted advanced tools to bring efficiency and sharper insights into our hiring process. AI helps us analyse patterns and provides objective information that allows us to probe better and discover strengths in cand...
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Bob Casey Jr.
U.S. Senator (D-PA)

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Right now, there is nothing stopping a corporation from using artificial intelligence to hire [...] without the involvement of a human being. As robot bosses become more prevalent in the workplace, we have an obligation to protect working families fr...
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John Jersin
LinkedIn Talent Solutions product leader

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I certainly would not trust any AI system today to make a hiring decision on its own. The technology is just not ready yet.
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Palette
Software company publishing responsible-AI principles for people operations and HR decisions.

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For decisions with legal or similarly significant effects, including hiring, compensation, discipline, and termination, we expect meaningful human review and do not support relying solely on automated output.
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Luiz Tessarolli
Founder of Recrutador, a hiring intelligence platform; software engineer and entrepreneur.

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The fix is not a better model deciding alone. It is structuring the human who decides, and keeping them accountable.
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Thyme Care
Healthcare company publishing its AI-enabled recruiting and human-oversight policy.

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Final hiring decisions are always made by people, not by AI tools alone.
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Georgia Institute of Technology
Public research university in Atlanta, Georgia.

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GT Community Members must review and independently validate AI-generated outputs before using them in any official capacity. Georgia Tech prohibits delegating professional judgment to AI to automate employment, grievance, or disciplinary decisions wi...
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Monster
Employment and recruitment platform publishing guidance on AI-enabled hiring.

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Keep humans involved in key decisions. AI can support evaluation, but hiring decisions still need human judgment, context, and accountability.
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Workday
Enterprise software company providing human-resources and workforce-management software.

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The answer lies in Workday’s core belief that AI is designed to support human judgment, not replace it.
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Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association
Australian union representing workers in retail, fast food, warehousing, and allied industries.

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Guarantee meaningful human review of decisions made by AI systems that materially affect working people.
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Tanya Hughes
Executive Director of the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities.

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This bill will address issues such as this by ensuring employers cannot hide behind AI when its effect is to discriminate in employment related decision processes.
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GovWorx
Software company whose HIRE product provides hiring assessment and workflow tools.

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HIRE does not make hiring or employment decisions and does not replace human judgment. Customer retains sole responsibility for all hiring, selection, and employment decisions, including any actions taken based on or informed by HIRE outputs.
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Ministry of Digital Development and Information (Singapore)
Singapore government ministry responsible for national digital development and information policy, including AI governance.

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As with any technology, the need for regulation depends on how it is deployed, the nature of harm that may be caused, and whether existing measures are effective in addressing those harms. Where existing measures are assessed to be inadequate and a s...
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Ministry of Manpower (Singapore)
Singapore government ministry responsible for workforce, employment, and labor policy.

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Hence, under the overarching ambit of the National AI Council and together with tripartite partners, we are studying the use of AI tools by businesses and its impact on employment, before deciding the most appropriate approach for Singapore.
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Daniel O'Keefe
Commissioner of Connecticut's Department of Economic and Community Development.

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The extensive disclosure, auditing, and human-review mandates could slow hiring processes, increase administrative costs, and discourage employers—especially smaller ones—from using tools that streamline workforce management.
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Christopher Davis
Vice President of Public Policy at the Connecticut Business & Industry Association (CBIA)

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The requirement of human review is one of the most burdensome compliance elements for employers, particularly in comparison to states that allow alternative processes rather than human review.
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Orly Lobel
Law professor

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In 2023, the United States saw countless proposals to ban AI technologies, [...] hiring, [...] law soon must embrace AI; [...] prohibit human intervention [...]
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