Congress Proposes First Federal AI Framework Requiring Employers to Disclose AI-Driven Layoffs
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Representatives Obernolte (R-CA) and Trahan (D-MA) released the Great American AI Act, a 269-page bipartisan bill that would amend the WARN Act to require companies to disclose when AI is a substantial factor in mass layoffs, add federal whistleblower protections, and create an AI Workforce Research Hub at the Department of Labor.
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Congress just proposed the first federal framework to make companies confess when AI kills jobs, and the bill's 60-day disclosure requirement proves Washington is reading the same labor cliff data that has made AI the #1 reason for American layoffs
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