Exploitative Workplace Surveillance and Technologies Task Force Act of 2023

• Authority: United States Congress
• Parent authority: Federal government
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. federal laws
• Most recent activity: Defunct
• Most recent activity date: 2025-01-03

Risk subdomain coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the risk subdomain are explicitly described.

• Unfair discrimination and misrepresentation
• Unequal performance across groups
• Compromise of privacy
• Loss of human agency and autonomy
• Increased inequality and decline in employment
• Lack of transparency or interpretability

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the risk subdomain are described.

• Power centralization and unfair distribution

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has good coverage of approximately 8-10 subdomains, with strong focus on discrimination and unequal performance (1.1, 1.3), privacy compromise (2.1), loss of human agency (5.2), increased inequality (6.2), power centralization (6.1), and lack of transparency (7.4). Coverage is concentrated in discrimination, privacy, human-computer interaction, and socioeconomic domains related to workplace AI surveillance systems.

Sector coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the sector are explicitly described.

• Health Care & Social Assistance
• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the sector are described.

• Agriculture, Mining, Construction & Manufacturing
• Trade, Transportation & Utilities
• Information
• Finance & Insurance
• Real Estate, Rental & Leasing
• Professional & Technical Services
• Scientific Research & Development Services
• Management, Administrative & Support Services
• Educational Services
• Arts, Entertainment & Recreation
• Accommodation, Food & Other Services
• National Security

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document governs workplace surveillance and automated decision systems across all employment sectors. It applies broadly to any employer with 11 or more workers engaged in commerce, explicitly studying impacts across 'different industries' without limiting to specific sectors. The task force is mandated to examine surveillance practices economy-wide.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding legislative act introduced in the U.S. Senate that establishes mandatory requirements for creating an interagency task force with specific duties, timelines, and reporting obligations. The language uses mandatory terms throughout ('shall') and creates legally enforceable obligations on the President and federal agencies.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Mr. Casey; Mr. Schatz; Mr. Fetterman; Mr. Booker; United States Congress; Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
• Summary: The bill was introduced in the U.S. Senate by Senator Casey and co-sponsored by Senators Schatz, Fetterman, and Booker. It was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Deployer, AI_Developer
• Entities: employers using workplace surveillance; employers using automated decision systems
• Summary: The document targets employers who use workplace surveillance and automated decision systems to monitor and make decisions about workers. The task force is established to study these employers' practices across different industries.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: The President; White House Task Force on Workplace Surveillance and Technologies; Department of Labor; Office of Science and Technology Policy; Federal Trade Commission; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; National Labor Relations Board; Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Summary: The President is required to establish the task force, which comprises multiple federal agencies with enforcement and regulatory authority. These agencies will study workplace surveillance and make recommendations for addressing it.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: White House Task Force on Workplace Surveillance and Technologies; Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; Congress
• Summary: The task force is responsible for monitoring and evaluating workplace surveillance practices through studies and reports. Congressional committees will receive and review these reports to monitor implementation and effectiveness.

AI Lifecycle Stages

Lifecycle stages covered by the documents, as defined in the OECD Framework for the Classification of AI Systems

• Plan and Design
• Collect and Process Data
• Build and Use Model
• Verify and Validate
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document addresses multiple AI lifecycle stages with primary focus on Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages. It covers the deployment of automated decision systems and workplace surveillance technologies in employment contexts, and emphasizes ongoing monitoring and evaluation of these systems' impacts on workers.

Technical Scope

Terms relating to technical scope that are mentioned or implicitly referenced in the document

• AI Models
• AI Systems
• Predictive AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly mentions and defines automated decision systems and AI techniques. It does not specifically mention frontier AI, general purpose AI, foundation models, or compute thresholds. The focus is on workplace surveillance technologies and automated decision systems used in employment contexts, including both AI and non-AI surveillance technologies.