EU AI Act · Art.26(7)
EU AI Act Art.26(7) - workers informed before workplace use
This control asks you to show: workers informed before workplace use. The EU's law on artificial intelligence. High-risk systems must manage risk, keep logs, be transparent and stay under human oversight.
What the law says: EU AI Act, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (official text) · Article 26 in plain English · Related hidden duties · Law graph (machine-readable)
What evidence passes
The check reads the field
workers_informed_ai in the decision or governance record. It passes when that field is set to true (yes, it is in place). Anything else fails, with the reason stated.Check it now
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This control is part of Treat workers fairly under automated management. 12 other controls across 2 laws ask for the same thing: EU AI ActEU Platform Work Directive
If it fails: how to fix it
Put in place: Tell workers which automated systems affect them, put a human on every restriction or termination, and consult their representatives.
Record it: the field workers_informed_ai, which passes when it is set to true (yes, it is in place).
{
"record": {
"workers_informed_ai": true
}
}Policy wording you can use:
[your organisation] tells workers which automated systems monitor or make decisions about them. Restricting, suspending or ending a worker's account is always decided by a person, and worker representatives are consulted before such systems change.
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