Workplace Wake-Up with Jen Shaw
Oct 7, 2026 · 15 min · 10 segments
California has drawn a new line in workplace AI. On September 30, 2026, Governor Newsom signed SB 947, which prohibits employers from relying solely on artificial intelligence when making disciplinary…
as many of you probably know september is a very busy month for california because our legislature is finalizing bills and laws and getting them to the governor and the governor has to sign them so the governor had until october 1st to sign bills or veto bills and interestingly in california If he doesn't sign or veto and he just does nothing, they become law.
So anyway, we're going to talk about one of the new laws for 2027, which is Senate Bill 947 called the No Robo Bosses Law.
And basically what this law does is prohibits employers from relying solely on AI, artificial intelligence, when they're making any sort of disciplinary decisions, which could include termination, of course, and requires the employer to be transparent when AI is resulting in a mass layoff, a relocation, or a termination.
So this is California's way, the legislature's way of saying, okay, Number one, we cannot have just robots making decisions in the workplace.
And number two, if anybody's losing jobs because of artificial intelligence, the employer has to note this.
as many of you probably know september is a very busy month for california because our legislature is finalizing bills and laws and getting them to the governor and the governor has to sign them so the governor had until october 1st to sign bills or veto bills and interestingly in california If he doesn't sign or veto and he just does nothing, they become law.
So anyway, we're going to talk about one of the new laws for 2027, which is Senate Bill 947 called the No Robo Bosses Law.
And basically what this law does is prohibits employers from relying solely on AI, artificial intelligence, when they're making any sort of disciplinary decisions, which could include termination, of course, and requires the employer to be transparent when AI is resulting in a mass layoff, a relocation, or a termination.
So this is California's way, the legislature's way of saying, okay, Number one, we cannot have just robots making decisions in the workplace.
And number two, if anybody's losing jobs because of artificial intelligence, the employer has to note this.
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