NYC Local Law 144
Keep the evidence behind AI-assisted hiring
A screening score on its own doesn't explain a hiring decision. Keep the tool's output, the policy check it passed, the human review, and the outcome your system recorded together, for the candidate or the auditor who asks.
If you own the hiring program
Your recruiters get through more applicants when the screening tool keeps running. It keeps running when HR, legal, and your bias auditor can see that each recommendation passed the rules you set, and that a person stepped in where your policy says one should. That's the record VeriProof keeps.
Local Law 144 at a glance
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| What the law requires | Who does it | What VeriProof keeps |
|---|---|---|
| An independent bias audit within one year before the tool is used | An independent auditor | The audit status and date your application reports, checked by your rules before each screening decision |
| A public summary of the latest audit results | The employer or employment agency | Nothing. You publish the summary on your own site |
| Notice to candidates and employees before the tool is used | The employer or employment agency | The notice status and delivery reference your application reports, next to the decision |
Enforcement began July 5, 2023. Whether a tool is covered depends on how it substantially assists the hiring or promotion decision. Read NYC's guidance on automated employment decision tools.
When the audit date slips
A screening agent is about to rank a batch of applicants for a warehouse supervisor role. The bias-audit date your application reports is thirteen months old.
Your rule catches it before the ranking goes out and sends the batch to the HR lead instead. They pause the tool for that role and screen the batch by hand. The record shows the stale date, the rule that stopped the ranking, the HR lead's decision, and the outcome your applicant tracking system reported.
The bias audit is still its own piece of work
An independent auditor performs the audit using the data and methods the rules require. VeriProof records show how your connected tool applied your policy, which the auditor can consider alongside that work.
Local Law 144 questions
No. An independent auditor does. VeriProof records the policy checks and what your connected application reported.
No. Send the fields the rule needs, such as the role, the audit date, and the notice status. Sensitive-data controls and role-based access limit what's kept and who sees it.
Yes. Report its status and references from your existing systems, then use those facts in your rules.