California limits AI workplace surveillance and requires AI disclosure in layoff notices
What’s happening
AB 1883 bars workplace surveillance tools that use facial, gait or emotion recognition or collect neural data. AB 1331 bans surveillance in workplace bathrooms, and SB 951 requires Cal-WARN notices to say when a mass layoff is substantially caused by AI or automation.
What to do
Audit monitoring, productivity and wellbeing tools used in California, including emotion-sensing or wearable features, and update layoff notice templates.
How Workbliss can help
Workbliss runs AI-confidence and change programs, and manager training on using AI openly and fairly.
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ogletree.com. Checked October 19, 2026.