AI Layoffs Are Coming: Watch for New Notice Obligations
Artificial intelligence is already changing how employers make staffing decisions. Some companies are using AI to improve efficiency. Others are using automation to reduce headcount, delay hiring, or restructure work. California lawmakers are now paying attention. Senate Bill 951 would require employers with more than 100 employees to provide 90 days’ advance notice when AI or automation results in the loss of 25 or more jobs. The bill also would require employers to notify the state when they stop hiring for a position because AI or automation has taken over that work . The bill calls that notice a “technology hiring disruption notice.” That requirement would be a significant expansion of traditional layoff notice obligations. Existing laws generally focus on actual job losses. SB 951 would focus not only on employees who lose jobs, but also on positions that disappear because technology replaces the need to hire. Even if SB 951 does not become law in its current form, the bill is wor...