{"slug":"us-new-york-city-local-law-144-candidate-notice","id":"AIPT-OBL-0101","permanent_url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-OBL-0101","title":"Employers and employment agencies must notify candidates and employees before an automated tool is used","short_title":"Candidate notice","category":"transparency","summary":"Candidates and employees who reside in New York City must be told, at least ten business days before an automated employment decision tool is used to assess them, that such a tool will be used in the hiring or promotion decision, and which job qualifications and characteristics the tool will assess. The DCWP rules allow the notice to be given on the careers page, in the job posting, or by mail or email, and require that it reach the person before the tool is applied.\n","practical_action":"Insert the tool notice and the assessed qualifications into job postings and application confirmations at least ten business days before screening.\n","is_binding":true,"applies_from":"2023-07-05","section":null,"source_reference":"NYC Administrative Code Section 20-871(b)(1) and (b)(2); 6 RCNY Section 5-303","official_source_url":"https://www.nyc.gov/site/dca/about/automated-employment-decision-tools.page","review_status":"verified","confidence_level":"high","last_verified_at":"2026-09-26","reviewed_by":"Bhaskar Bhatt","actors":["deployer"],"sectors":["employment"],"use_cases":["hiring_and_hr"],"applicability":[{"description":"Employers and employment agencies assessing New York City residents with an automated employment decision tool.","actors":["deployer"],"conditions":null}],"evidence_examples":[{"title":"Candidate notice text and delivery record","description":null,"artifact_type":"document"},{"title":"Notice timing log per requisition","description":null,"artifact_type":"record"}],"framework_mappings":[{"framework":"nist_ai_rmf","framework_name":"NIST AI RMF 1.0","reference":"GOVERN 5.1, MANAGE 4.1","note":"Transparency to affected individuals.","confidence_level":"medium","is_original":true},{"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}],"controls":[{"slug":"ai-interaction-and-use-disclosure","title":"AI interaction and use disclosure notices","kind":"process","relationship":"satisfies","note":"Advance notice to candidates with the assessed criteria.","confidence_level":"high","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/controls/ai-interaction-and-use-disclosure"}],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/us-new-york-city-local-law-144-candidate-notice","policy":{"slug":"us-new-york-city-local-law-144-automated-employment-decision-tools","title":"New York City Local Law 144 of 2021 on Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT) and DCWP implementing rules","status":"in_force","jurisdiction":"us-new-york","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/us-new-york-city-local-law-144-automated-employment-decision-tools"}}