They have been banning them! Ontario, Canada had legislation come into effect earlier this year that achieved the following (albeit for only for companies of 25 employees or more):

- Required disclosure on the usage of AI in resume screening

- Mandatory salary ranges that can only have a range of $50k (except over $200,000)

- Required to state if the vacancy is real or 'planned for later'

- Must respond to applicant within 45-days of the final interview updating them on the status of their application.

Enforcement is also made slightly easier by requiring companies to retain copies of their job postings and any additional documents that are part of the application for 3 years.

The Ontario law defines AI:

> A machine-based system that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers from the input it receives to generate outputs such as predictions, content, recommendations or decisions that can influence physical or virtual environments.

The AI disclosure will be noise, not signal.

> Must respond

This seems great, although I expect in practice we will see companies just set up automatic "sorry you haven't been successful" emails after 44 days. If you haven't heard in 45 days the answer is pretty obvious anyway.

I've seen that from some big companies for applications that didn't even get an interview - months after I already got a job elsewhere I get a random email from Microsoft or whoever saying "sorry you weren't successful".

The state of NY is close to passing legislation as well.

‘Ghost jobs’ could soon be illegal in New York - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48558338 - June 2026 (139 comments)

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8877

https://www.hrdive.com/news/new-york-passed-bill-aimed-at-ha...

Related:

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12977