While an employer's use of technology is generally legal, the recent influx of monitoring at-home workers prompted California to seek additional means of protecting their workers. In 2022,
California proposed a bill to restrict employers' use of technology to specific times of day, certain activities, and particular locations. The "Workplace Technology Accountability Act" (AB 1651): Assemblymember Ash Kalra introduced AB 1651 in 2022 to help protect workers against using technologies in the workplace that can negatively affect the employee's privacy and overall well-being. The bill would attempt to establish reasonable limitations on employers seeking to use unregulated data-driven technology and give workers and the state the tools to address any adverse impacts the use of such tech may cause.