Directs the department of labor to conduct a study and prepare a report on the effects of artificial intelligence on job losses in the state.
Summary
This bill directs the New York State Department of Labor, working with the Office of Information Technology Services, to study and report on the effects of artificial intelligence on job losses in the state. The measure does not itself regulate artificial intelligence, employment practices, or layoffs; instead, it creates a fact-finding requirement to assess how AI may be affecting employment across New York.
The department must prepare a report and submit its findings within one year of the act’s effective date to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly. The bill takes effect immediately, so the study process would begin upon enactment. Its practical effect is to add an administrative research obligation for state agencies and to generate information that could support future policy responses on automation and workforce displacement.
Impact
The bill would amend state operations only indirectly by assigning the Department of Labor and the Office of Information Technology Services a new study and reporting duty. It does not change labor law, unemployment insurance rules, workplace protections, or AI regulation, but it could influence future legislation or agency action by producing a state-level assessment of AI-related job losses and workforce impacts.
Sentiment
No committee transcript or vote record is available, so there is no documented debate or recorded opposition in the provided materials. Based on the bill’s text, it appears to be a neutral, information-gathering measure focused on understanding a developing economic issue rather than imposing immediate regulation.
Contention
Because the bill is limited to a study, there are no specific points of contention documented in the available record. If concerns arise, they would likely center on whether the study is necessary, how the agencies will define and measure AI-related job losses, and whether the report could lead to future regulation affecting employers, workers, or technology firms.
Requires covered businesses to annually report to the department of labor regarding the impact of artificial intelligence on hiring and the nature of artificial intelligence use for the previous year; requires the department of labor to file an annual report on the impact of artificial intelligence on hiring and the nature of artificial intelligence use in the state; establishes penalties for covered business that fail to submit such reports.
Requires covered businesses to annually report to the department of labor regarding the impact of artificial intelligence on hiring and the nature of artificial intelligence use for the previous year; requires the department of labor to file an annual report on the impact of artificial intelligence on hiring and the nature of artificial intelligence use in the state; establishes penalties for covered business that fail to submit such reports.
Establishes the New York workforce stabilization act; requires certain businesses to conduct artificial intelligence impact assessments on the application and use of such artificial intelligence and to submit such impact assessments to the department of labor prior to the implementation of the artificial intelligence; establishes a surcharge on certain corporations that use artificial intelligence or data mining or have greater than a threshold number of employees displaced by artificial intelligence of a rate of 2% of the corporation's business income base; defines data mining.
Establishes the New York workforce stabilization act; requires certain businesses to conduct artificial intelligence impact assessments on the application and use of such artificial intelligence and to submit such impact assessments to the department of labor prior to the implementation of the artificial intelligence; establishes a surcharge on certain corporations that use artificial intelligence or data mining or have greater than a threshold number of employees displaced by artificial intelligence of a rate of 2% of the corporation's business income base; defines data mining.
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