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Human-Robot Labor Rights Protection Act LaborBalance Passes German Bundestag: AI-Collaborative Positions Must Guarantee Human Final Decision Authority

German Bundestag passes LaborBalance Act requiring all positions involving human-AI collaboration to guarantee human supervisors' final veto power over key decisions, and establishing AI work impact assessment systems.

The German Bundestag passed the LaborBalance Act on July 17 with 389 votes in favor and 214 against. The act requires all enterprises in Germany using AI systems to assist or replace human labor to retain human supervisors' final veto power over key decisions involving dismissal, performance evaluation, and work allocation. Companies with more than 250 employees must conduct annual AI Work Impact Assessments and disclose AI system impact analyses on jobs to employee representatives.

German Labor Minister Hubertus Heil stated: "LaborBalance is not an anti-AI act. It ensures AI augments human labor rather than replacing human judgment." DGB chairman Yasmin Fahimi called the act "the world's most progressive human-robot labor governance framework."