SB 951

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As amended 5/14/2026: - Requires a covered employer to provide at least 60 days' advanced written notice to affected workers and government entities before a technological displacement affecting 25 or more workers during any 30 day period. - Requires a covered employer to provide written notice to government entities when ceasing hiring due to the adoption of artificial intelligence or other automation. - Grants workers of companies with more than 100 workers who are affected by a technological displacement a right of first bid on other positions and prohibits their termination during the 60-day notice period without reasonable and substantiated caused. - Requires a local educational agency that provides layoff notices for classified and certificated staff to provide the EDD with a written technology displacement or cessation in hiring notice when it executes a technological displacement or a technological cessation in hiring caused in whole by the adoption of AI. - Establishes penalties for failure to provide required notice, including back pay for affected employees and a civil penalty of up to $500 per day. - Authorizes the Labor Commissioner to enforce these provisions and establishes the Technological Displacement Act Fund. - The 5/14/2026 amendment changed the notice period from 90 days to 60. Adds a provision relating to education staff.

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