To address growing concerns about the use of automated employment decision tools (AEDTs) in making employment decisions, particularly in relation to the risk of discriminatory outcomes, the New York City Council took decisive action and passed legislation that mandates bias audits of these tools.
In this paper, we take an in-depth look at the New York City Bias Audit Law (Local Law 144) now that the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection's (DCWP) has released the final version of its adopted rules. Announcing a final enforcement date of 5 July 2023.
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To address growing concerns about the use of automated employment decision tools (AEDTs) in making employment decisions, particularly in relation to the risk of discriminatory outcomes, the New York City Council took decisive action and passed legislation that mandates bias audits of these tools. In this paper, we take an in-depth look at the New York City Bias Audit Law (Local Law 144) now that the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) has released the final version of its adopted rules. Announcing a final enforcement date of 5 July 2023.
To address growing concerns about the use of automated employment decision tools (AEDTs) in making employment decisions, particularly in relation to the risk of discriminatory outcomes, the New York City Council took decisive action and passed legislation that mandates bias audits of these tools.
In this paper, we take an in-depth look at the New York City Bias Audit Law (Local Law 144) now that the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection's (DCWP) has released the final version of its adopted rules. Announcing a final enforcement date of 5 July 2023.
Key takeaways:
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