S 185 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to restricting the use of electronic monitoring and automated employment decision tools

Summary

Restricts the use by an employer or an employment agency of electronic monitoring or an automated employment decision tool to screen a candidate or employee for an employment decision unless such tool has been the subject of an impact assessment within the last year; requires notice to employment candidates of the use of such tools; provides remedies for violations.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Last action Apr 17, 2025

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S185 → S185A · 7 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to add new sponsors and update the committee status, while significantly renaming the bill from 'Boundaries on Technology Act' to 'Bossware and Oppressive Technology Act' and renumbering the article from 36 to 37. The definitions were substantially expanded to include new categories like 'continuous incremental time-tracking tool' and 'egregious misconduct', and the definition of 'employee data' was broadened to include biometric information such as DNA.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded by adding new sponsors and renumbering the article from 36 to 37. The applicability was broadened through expanded definitions of covered technologies and employee data.

SCOPE

Bill was renumbered from Article 36 to Article 37 and renamed from 'Boundaries on Technology Act' to 'Bossware and Oppressive Technology Act'.

DEFINITION

Added new definition for 'continuous incremental time-tracking tool' to cover systems that continuously measure time during employee activities.

Added new definition for 'egregious misconduct' to define deliberate or grossly negligent conduct that endangers safety or causes serious damage.

Expanded the definition of 'employee data' to explicitly include biometric information such as DNA and behavioral characteristics.

Updated the definition of 'automated employment decision tool' to clarify what tools are excluded from the law's coverage.

Added new definition for 'electronic monitoring tool' to cover systems that collect worker data without direct human observation.

ELIGIBILITY

Added new sponsors to the bill: Senators Fernandez, Gonzalez, Jackson, and Liu.

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Amendments

Apr 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 185A

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Apr 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR

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Jan 8, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO LABOR

upper

1 primary · 4 co-sponsors