Overview and Commentary of the California Workplace Technology Accountability Act

In this article, we provide a summary and discussion of the key points of the legislation before providing a commentary, where we identify four key themes: i) the creation of boundaries that can contribute to a healthy work-life balance and protect the privacy of workers; ii) how the requirement for impact assessments of automated decision tools and worker information systems reflects the wider movement towards algorithmic assurance; iii) the necessary and potentially problematic requirement to share notices and impact assessment reports with the Labor Agency; and iv) how the proposed legislation might conflict with existing law while not exempting smaller businesses.