{
 "record_id": "WTA-R-US-CA-0008-004",
 "kind": "obligation",
 "record": {
  "record_id": "WTA-R-US-CA-0008-004",
  "provision": "Labor Code Section 1524",
  "applies_to": [
   "Employers"
  ],
  "duty": "Give an employee, when informing them of discipline or termination primarily based on an automated decision system, a plain-language stand-alone written notice stating this, that a human corroborated it, a contact person, and non-retaliation rights.",
  "type": "Transparency to users",
  "status": "applies later",
  "applies_from": "2027-07-01",
  "url": "https://wheresthe.ai/id/WTA-R-US-CA-0008-004/",
  "rule": {
   "record_id": "WTA-R-US-CA-0008",
   "id": "us-ca-sb947-no-robo-bosses-2026",
   "title": "Employment: Automated Decision Systems (SB 947, ‘No Robo Bosses Act’)",
   "jurisdiction": "US-CA",
   "jurisdiction_name": "California",
   "url": "https://wheresthe.ai/rule/us-ca-sb947-no-robo-bosses-2026/"
  },
  "penalty": "Civil penalty of $500 per violation (Lab. Code 1526.1(e)); enforced by the Labor Commissioner and public prosecutors, with injunctive relief, punitive damages and attorney's fees available in civil actions (1526.1(a), (b), (d)).",
  "scope_note": "Employer includes public employers, labor contractors and farm labor contractors (1520(d)(3)). ADS excludes spam filters, firewalls, antivirus, calculators and databases (1520(c)). Does not apply where a collective agreement expressly waives it, or to uses required by certain federal aerospace or defence obligations (1526.5, 1526.6). Notice must be in the language of routine workplace communications and delivered by a simple method such as email or hyperlink.",
  "date_note": "SB 947, Chapter 859, Statutes of 2026, approved 30 Sep 2026; Part 5.5.5 operative 1 Jul 2027 (Lab. Code 1526.7).",
  "source_url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB947",
  "verified_on": "2026-10-08",
  "citation": "WTA-R-US-CA-0008-004: Labor Code Section 1524, Employment: Automated Decision Systems (SB 947, ‘No Robo Bosses Act’). wheresthe.ai, https://wheresthe.ai/id/WTA-R-US-CA-0008-004/ (checked 2026-10-08)."
 },
 "history": [],
 "note": "Informational, not legal advice. Every record links to its official source; check it before relying on a record. Cite as \"Source: wheresthe.ai\"."
}