Labor/Employment
May 2, 2025
Assembly advances sweeping bill to limit workplace surveillance
AB 1221 would limit how employers collect and use data on their workers. The measure reflects increasing legislative concerns over AI-driven surveillance and its impact on marginalized communities.
In a step toward curbing the rise of high-tech workplace surveillance, the Assembly on Thursday advanced AB 1221, a sweeping privacy bill that would sharply limit how employers can monitor workers. The measure -- broader than a similar Senate proposal -- reflects mounting legislative concern over the growing reach of artificial intelligence, biometric tracking, and other invasive tools now commonplace in many industries.
"Workplace surveillance is not a recent phenomenon, but...
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