NYC Local Law 144 (Automated Employment Decision Tools) for HR & Hiring
How NYC Local Law 144 (Automated Employment Decision Tools) applies to hr & hiring organizations and the obligations to plan for.
Why this law matters for hr & hiring
Employers and HR-tech vendors using AI for screening resumes, scoring candidates, conducting video interviews, or making employment-related consequential decisions.
NYC Local Law 144 is a sector-specific bias-audit regime for employment AI. If you employ candidates or workers residing in NYC and use an AEDT for selection, the bias audit + public summary + 10-business-day notice obligations apply directly. Organizations operating in New York City should treat this law as part of the baseline regulatory obligations alongside any sector-specific federal rules.
Key obligations
- bias audit→ deployerN.Y.C. Admin. Code § 20-871
Subject the Automated Employment Decision Tool to an annual independent bias audit calculating selection rates and impact ratios across race/ethnicity and sex categories prior to use, then on a yearly basis.
Deadline: annually
- transparency→ deployerN.Y.C. Admin. Code § 20-872
Publicly post a summary of the most recent bias audit results on the employer's website, including the date the AEDT was first used and the source of the data.
Deadline: ongoing
- disclosure→ deployerN.Y.C. Admin. Code § 20-871(b)
Provide candidates and employees who reside in NYC with at least 10 business days advance notice of AEDT use, including job qualifications, characteristics assessed, and instructions for requesting an alternative selection process or reasonable accommodation.
Deadline: 10_business_days_before_use
Recommended next steps
- Inventory AI systems used in hr & hiring workflows that may fall within NYC Local Law 144 (Automated Employment Decision Tools)'s scope.
- Map each system against the obligations above and identify the responsible role (developer vs deployer).
- Adopt a structured framework — see NIST AI RMF and ISO/IEC 42001 — to demonstrate due care and produce audit-ready evidence.
- Document obligations satisfied and gaps in a single register, refreshed at the cadence required by the law (typically annual).
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