{"slug":"eu-ai-act-art-26-7-worker-information","id":"AIPT-OBL-0034","permanent_url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-OBL-0034","title":"Employers must inform workers and their representatives before using high-risk AI at work","short_title":"Informing workers before use","category":"transparency","summary":"Before putting a high-risk AI system into service or using it at the workplace, a deployer that is an employer must tell the workers' representatives and the affected workers that they will be subject to the system. The information is given following the procedures and rules on informing workers and their representatives under Union and national law and practice, which may include works-council consultation.\n","practical_action":"Add an AI Act notice step to the HR technology change process and consult the works council where national law requires it.\n","is_binding":true,"applies_from":"2027-12-02","section":"Articles 16–27","source_reference":"Article 26(7)","official_source_url":"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj","review_status":"verified","confidence_level":"high","last_verified_at":"2026-09-26","reviewed_by":null,"actors":["deployer","public_authority"],"sectors":["cross_sector","employment"],"use_cases":["hiring_and_hr"],"applicability":[{"description":"Employers deploying high-risk AI in recruitment, task allocation, performance monitoring or other employment uses listed in Annex III.","actors":["deployer","public_authority"],"conditions":null}],"evidence_examples":[{"title":"Worker and works-council notification","description":"Dated notice describing the system, its purpose and the affected roles.","artifact_type":"document"},{"title":"Consultation minutes","description":null,"artifact_type":"record"}],"framework_mappings":[{"framework":"iso_42001","framework_name":"ISO/IEC 42001:2023","reference":"Annex A.8.5","note":"Information for interested parties.","confidence_level":"medium","is_original":true},{"framework":"nist_ai_rmf","framework_name":"NIST AI RMF 1.0","reference":"GOVERN 5.1, MAP 1.6","note":"Engagement with affected groups.","confidence_level":"medium","is_original":true}],"controls":[{"slug":"ai-interaction-and-use-disclosure","title":"AI interaction and use disclosure notices","kind":"process","relationship":"satisfies","note":"Workforce-facing notice before go-live.","confidence_level":"high","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/controls/ai-interaction-and-use-disclosure"},{"slug":"ai-impact-assessment","title":"AI impact and fundamental-rights impact assessment","kind":"process","relationship":"supports","note":"Identifies the affected worker groups to notify.","confidence_level":"medium","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/controls/ai-impact-assessment"}],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/eu-ai-act-art-26-7-worker-information","policy":{"slug":"eu-ai-act","title":"Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 — Artificial Intelligence Act","status":"partially_applicable","jurisdiction":"eu","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/eu-ai-act"}}