European UnionAI Act, Article 26(7) (informing workers before workplace use)
Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 26(7)
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An AI risk obligations rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 24 September 2026.
What it requires
- This duty does not yet apply. It takes effect on 2 December 2027 for a high-risk AI system classified under Article 6(2) and Annex III, and on 2 August 2028 for one classified under Article 6(1) and Annex I.
- If you are an employer deploying a high-risk AI system at the workplace, inform workers' representatives and the affected workers that they will be subject to its use, before putting the system into service or using it.
- Follow the rules and procedures Union and national law and practice already set for informing workers and their representatives, where applicable.
If you get it wrong
Private right of actionNo
Penalty structure
Article 99(4)(e): non-compliance with the obligations of deployers under Article 26 is fined up to EUR 15,000,000 or 3% of worldwide annual turnover, whichever is higher. Article 99(6) requires the lower of the two amounts for an SME, including a start-up; Article 99(6a), inserted by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, gives the same lower-of treatment to a small mid-cap enterprise, since both apply to paragraph 4 fines.
- Rule
- Lower of for SME
- As of
- 24 September 2026
- Currency
- EUR
- Fixed cap
- 15,000,000
- Turnover percentage cap
- 3
What it reaches
How the hook was established
express
What makes it apply
Operator establishment, Place of effect
Obligation class
Disclosure
What it makes you log
Logging duty
Article 26(7) requires an employer-deployer to inform workers' representatives and affected workers before workplace use; it names no record of that notification.
- Kind
- None
- As of
- 24 September 2026
Who checks it
Audit expectation
none
Also on the record
EEA status
- Status
- Pending
- Source link
- https://www.efta.int/eea-lex/32024r1689
What this law does
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Before putting into service or using a high-risk AI system at the workplace, a deployer that is an employer must inform workers' representatives and the affected workers that they will be subject to the use of the high-risk AI system, following, where applicable, the rules and procedures on informing workers and their representatives that Union and national law and practice already lay down.
The duty reaches, but is not limited to, the Annex III point 4 high-risk employment use cases (recruitment, evaluation of candidates, and decisions on the terms, promotion or termination of a work-related relationship).
Article 26 sits in Chapter III, Section 3, so it takes effect on the schedule the Digital Omnibus on AI (Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, in force since 27 July 2026) wrote into Article 113: 2 December 2027 for a system classified as high-risk under Article 6(2) and Annex III, and 2 August 2028 for one classified under Article 6(1) and Annex I.
When LexLint raises it
high_risk_decisions
Read the law
official consolidated Official Journal text, EUR-Lex
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