California's SB 947 takes effect July 1, 2027. If an employer relies mainly on an automated system to discipline or fire, a human has to corroborate. Supervisor evaluations top the list.
My read: many who'll write them are on your floor today. Teach them before the title.

ALT California SB 947, signed Sept 30, 2026. AI can't be the only one who disciplines or fires someone. A human has to corroborate. First on the law's list of what they can use: supervisory or managerial evaluations. The tool: flags it. The supervisor: decides, explains, documents. Who trained them for that? @JeremyErard. SB 947 effective July 1, 2027.
Solo HR at a 200-person company isn't failing at development. They're out of hours. Fix isn't another login for them to run. It's making each supervisor's own manager own one observation a month.
Carrier, TPA and brokerage HR: who watches your newest supervisors practice asking instead of fixing?
One practice that changes it: someone senior watches one real conversation a week.
If the new supervisor gives the answer, the note is: ask one open question next time, then wait.
LIMRA calls them accidental managers: top producers, underwriters and claims staff promoted without leadership training.
Untrained leaders default to what got them promoted. They fix. They take the file back. They answer instead of ask.
The best claims adjuster on the team becomes the new claims supervisor.
Then they keep adjusting claims.


