{"id":229536,"date":"2026-06-10T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T18:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/congress-proposes-first-comprehensive-federal-ai-framework-heres-what-it-means-for-employers-fisher-phillips\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T14:35:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T18:35:21","slug":"congress-proposes-first-comprehensive-federal-ai-framework-heres-what-it-means-for-employers-fisher-phillips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/congress-proposes-first-comprehensive-federal-ai-framework-heres-what-it-means-for-employers-fisher-phillips\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress Proposes First Comprehensive Federal AI Framework: Here\u2019s What It Means for Employers | Fisher Phillips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jdsupra.com\/legalnews\/congress-proposes-first-comprehensive-6130070\/\">Congress Proposes First Comprehensive Federal AI Framework: Here\u2019s What It Means for Employers | Fisher Phillips<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jdsupra.com\/legalnews\/congress-proposes-first-comprehensive-6130070\/\">https:\/\/www.jdsupra.com\/legalnews\/congress-proposes-first-comprehensive-6130070\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-10 14:15:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.jdsupra.com\">www.jdsupra.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Introduction and Bipartisan Support<\/strong>: The Great American AI Act was introduced on June 4, 2024, by Representatives Jay Obernolte and Lori Trahan. It has garnered significant bipartisan support, though it faces opposition from advocacy groups.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Preemption Limitation<\/strong>: While the bill proposes a three-year preemption of state AI laws for frontier model development, it does not affect state laws governing AI deployment or privacy, particularly in workplace settings.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>New WARN Act Disclosure Requirements<\/strong>: The bill proposes amendments to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act. Employers with 100+ employees must disclose the AI role if it was a &#8220;substantial factor&#8221; in mass layoffs, providing details on AI use and re-skilling efforts.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Whistleblower Protections<\/strong>: The bill introduces robust federal whistleblower protections for employees and contractors raising AI-related concerns, with substantial remedies for retaliation claims.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Federal Data Collection on AI&#8217;s Workforce Impact<\/strong>: The bill establishes an AI Workforce Research Hub and mandates updated federal surveys to evaluate AI&#8217;s impact on the workforce, which will inform future regulatory and litigation trends.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Preparation and State Compliance<\/strong>: Employers should audit their AI use, check if current layoff plans trigger WARN Act disclosures, and review their anti-retaliation policies for broader AI coverage. Staying informed on state AI regulations is also crucial.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congress Proposes First Comprehensive Federal AI Framework: Here\u2019s What It Means for Employers | Fisher&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":229537,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/jdsupra-static.s3.amazonaws.com\/profile-images\/og.7295_0824.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-229536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229536"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229536"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229538,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229536\/revisions\/229538"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}