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Automated Discipline & Termination

Track rules and proposals governing automated systems used in discipline, discharge and related employment decisions.

Coverage scope

  • Automated discipline and discharge decisions
  • Discrimination and accountability
  • Notice and explanation rights
  • Human review and appeals

CURRENT COVERAGE

8 records · 2 articles

Relevant jurisdictions: Illinois, New Jersey, Connecticut.

REGULATORY RECORDS

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Illinois Human Rights Act — Use of Artificial Intelligence in Employment

Illinois amended its Human Rights Act to address employer use of artificial intelligence across recruitment, hiring, promotion, discipline, discharge, and other employment terms.

AI HiringAutomated Employment DecisionsAutomated DisciplineAutomated TerminationBias / DiscriminationNotice & Consent
Related coverage: State AI Employment Laws: What’s Law, What’s Pending, and What’s Guidance
Vetoedbill

California SB 7 — Employment: Automated Decision Systems

SB 7 proposed notice, access, correction, appeal, and human-oversight requirements for employer use of automated decision systems. The Governor vetoed the bill on October 13, 2025; it did not become law.

Automated Employment DecisionsEmployee MonitoringHuman OversightAutomated DisciplineAutomated Termination
Related coverage: State AI Employment Laws: What’s Law, What’s Pending, and What’s Guidance
Effectivestatute

New York Public-Sector Automated Employment Decision-Making Framework

New York requires state agencies using covered automated employment decision-making tools to publish specified information. A 2026 chapter amendment added a disclosure provision for defined local public entities and extended related protections for public employees.

Automated Employment DecisionsNotice & ConsentRecordkeepingAutomated DisciplineAutomated Termination
Related coverage: State AI Employment Laws: What’s Law, What’s Pending, and What’s Guidance
In Senate Labor Committeebill

New York Boundaries on Technology Act

The BOT Act proposes impact assessments, notice, restrictions on electronic monitoring and automated employment decision tools, data-access rights, and meaningful human oversight. The official Senate record currently lists S 10147 as active in the Senate Labor Committee.

AI HiringEmployee MonitoringAutomated Employment DecisionsHuman OversightAutomated DisciplineAutomated Termination
Related coverage: State AI Employment Laws: What’s Law, What’s Pending, and What’s Guidance
Current agency guidanceagency guidance

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.

AI HiringAutomated Employment DecisionsBias / DiscriminationAutomated DisciplineAutomated Termination
Related coverage: State AI Employment Laws: What’s Law, What’s Pending, and What’s Guidance
Retained in House Appropriationsbill

Washington HB 1672 — Technology Used by Employers in the Workplace

HB 1672 proposes restrictions and procedural protections for employer electronic monitoring and automated decision systems. After a substitute received a do-pass recommendation, the bill was referred to House Appropriations and retained in that status for the 2026 session.

Employee MonitoringAutomated Employment DecisionsWorkplace PrivacyHuman OversightAutomated DisciplineAutomated Termination
Related coverage: State AI Employment Laws: What’s Law, What’s Pending, and What’s Guidance
Signed — effective October 1, 2026statute

Connecticut Public Act 26-15 — 2026 Employment Provisions

Public Act 26-15 amends Connecticut employment-discrimination law to address automated employment-related decision technology and adds an AI-related disclosure to Labor Department notices that an employer already submits under the federal WARN Act.

Automated Employment DecisionsAI HiringBias / DiscriminationAutomated DisciplineAutomated TerminationWorkforce AutomationNotice & Consent
Related coverage: Connecticut AI Employment Law: What Employers Need to Know in 2026 and 2027
Enacted — deployment duties apply October 1, 2027statute

Connecticut Public Act 26-15 — Automated Employment Decision Duties

Sections 7–12 of Public Act 26-15 establish definitions, developer-information duties, interaction disclosures, and pre-decision notices for defined automated employment-related decision technology. Although these sections have an October 1, 2026 effective clause, the operative developer and deployer duties apply to qualifying deployments on or after October 1, 2027.

Automated Employment DecisionsAI HiringAutomated DisciplineAutomated TerminationNotice & ConsentBias / Discrimination
Related coverage: Connecticut AI Employment Law: What Employers Need to Know in 2026 and 2027

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