Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives

California’s governor signed into law SB 988, which is known as the “Freelance Worker Protection Act.”  SB 988 establishes new contractual protections for freelance workers starting January 1, 2025.

On February 15, 2024, California lawmakers introduced the bill AB 2930.  AB 2930 seeks to regulate use of artificial intelligence (“AI”) in various industries to combat “algorithmic discrimination.”  The proposed bill defines “algorithmic discrimination” as a “condition in which an automated decision tool contributes to unjustified differential treatment or impacts disfavoring people” based on various protected characteristics including actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, sex, national origin, disability, and veteran status.