STATE LANDSCAPE
The LAD remains the legal framework
The January 2025 Division on Civil Rights guidance explains the existing Law Against Discrimination. It does not impose new or additional requirements or establish a separate AI compliance deadline. The relevant question is whether an employment practice violates the LAD, not simply whether it uses an algorithm.
Look beyond hiring and beyond the vendor
The guidance addresses employment advertising, screening, hiring, evaluation, promotion, discipline, and termination. It also explains that using a third-party tool does not displace a covered employer's obligations. Reviewing tools across those stages, including vendor selection and monitoring, can help identify discriminatory risks; it does not replace compliance with the LAD.
Compare legal status before borrowing a checklist
New Jersey's published record concerns agency interpretation of existing law. Requirements from another jurisdiction's audit statute or a pending bill should not be treated as requirements created by this guidance. The cross-state guide separates those categories; this page is not an exhaustive inventory of New Jersey law.
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New Jersey Guidance on Algorithmic Discrimination
New Jersey's Division on Civil Rights explains that the Law Against Discrimination applies when automated decision systems or other algorithmic tools cause unlawful discrimination, including in employment advertising, screening, hiring, evaluation, promotion, discipline, and termination.
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- verification updateRecord re-verifiedNew Jersey Algorithmic Discrimination Guidance
- guidance issuedDCR issued algorithmic-discrimination guidanceNew Jersey Algorithmic Discrimination Guidance
WHAT EMPLOYERS SHOULD WATCH
- Division on Civil Rights rulemaking and enforcement involving algorithmic discrimination
- Updates to official civil-rights-and-technology guidance
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