AB 1883: Workplace surveillance tools.

<p>This bill regulates employer use of workplace surveillance tools and worker data. It prohibits employers from using such tools for preventing compliance with laws or regulations, inferring information about protected activities, emotional states, gait, or neural data. Facial recognition technology is restricted to unlocking devices or securing areas. Employers are also barred from inferring specific categories of personal information like veteran status, ancestral history, religious beliefs, and disability status.</p> <p>The bill mandates the labor commissioner to enforce these regulations and allows employees to sue for violations with specified remedies. Public prosecutors can also enforce provisions. Violations incur a civil penalty up to $500 per instance. The bill defines key terms and asserts that it addresses statewide concerns rather than municipal affairs, applying uniformly…