Quarterly disclosure of AI-related job effects — counting not only layoffs but posts a company decided not to refill
S.3108, the AI-Related Job Impacts Clarity Act, requires covered entities to disclose to the Secretary of Labor, within 30 days after each quarter, the number of layoffs substantially due to replacement or automation by AI. It also counts hires attributable to incorporating AI, posts decided not to be refilled, and workers being retrained.
Bill overview (primary data)
- Bill numberS. 3108
- TypeSenate Bill
- Congress119th Congress
- Latest actionRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.（2025-11-05）
Key points
- S.3108 requires covered entities to disclose AI-related job impacts to the Secretary of Labor within 30 days after each quarter.
- Disclosures cover layoffs due to AI replacement or automation, hires due to incorporating AI, posts decided not to be refilled, and workers being retrained.
- Counting posts left unfilled catches the disappearance of work that proceeds without the visible form of a layoff.
- Each disclosure carries North American Industry Classification System codes, making comparison by industry possible.
- The Secretary may incorporate the disclosures into an existing survey rather than building a new apparatus.
1Nobody knows how many jobs AI has taken
How much work artificial intelligence is displacing gets argued over constantly without solid figures behind it. Individual company announcements and analyst estimates exist; official statistics compiled on a common definition do not. This bill fills that gap by requiring quarterly disclosure from covered entities.
2Four numbers to produce
- 1The number lostLayoffs substantially due to the functions performed being replaced or automated by AI
- 2The number gainedHires substantially due to the incorporation of AI
- 3The number not refilledPositions occupied during the prior quarter that the entity decided not to fill because the functions were replaced or automated by AI
- 4The number retrainedIndividuals being retrained, or assisted in retraining, substantially due to AI
The second and third are the well-designed parts. Count only layoffs and AI appears solely as something that takes jobs. Setting hires alongside shows movement in both directions, and counting posts left unfilled catches the disappearance of work that proceeds without the visible form of a layoff. It reads as built on the recognition that not refilling after someone leaves is in practice the more common shape.
3Attaching industry codes
Each disclosure must carry the corresponding North American Industry Classification System codes, which makes comparison by industry possible. Aggregate figures alone hide everything, as industries gaining and losing cancel each other out. Requiring classification is what makes the tally mean something.
4A path through existing surveys
Rather than building a reporting apparatus from nothing, the bill lets the Secretary revise an existing survey to incorporate the disclosures, or work with the Census Bureau to revise one. It is an accommodation that improves statistics without adding to the burden on entities. Of the 120 bills this site holds as of 2026-09-02, 94 (78 percent) remain referred to committee, and this bill is at that stage.
Why it matters
If enacted, it would produce the first official statistics on AI and employment compiled on a common definition. Entities would need quarterly tallying and, harder, an internal standard for deciding which departures count as attributable to AI.
FAQ
Why count more than layoffs?
Why are industry codes needed?
Sources (primary)
Source: Congress.gov (Library of Congress; U.S. legislative materials, public domain). Links go to the official site.
- Congress.gov (bill page, original)
- S. 3108（119th Congress）