The European Parliament and Council of the EU formally adopted the Digital AI Omnibus in late June 2026, deferring the EU AI Act's high-risk AI system compliance deadline from 2 August 2026 to 2 December 2027. The deferral was driven by practical delays in designating national competent authorities and finalising harmonised standards, not a substantive rollback of the underlying obligations. For financial institutions deploying AI in employment-related contexts (recruitment, performance evaluation, worker monitoring, termination decisions), the compliance window is extended by roughly 16 months, but the underlying regulatory obligations remain intact and preparation should continue.
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