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TEN 07-25 for hr & l&d leaders

The Federal Reference for Corporate AI Literacy Training

The DOL AI Literacy Framework (TEN 07-25) gives HR and L&D leaders a federal reference for corporate AI training: five content areas to cover, seven delivery principles to demand from any program, and an explicit instruction that HR and L&D must "embed AI literacy across onboarding, upskilling, and internal mobility pathways."

Last verified against the DOL source: August 20, 2026. What changed

Straight from the framework

What TEN 07-25 says to you

You are named in the framework's delivery principles: "In a corporate setting, ensure those leading key learning functions understand how to embed AI literacy across onboarding, upskilling, and internal mobility pathways." The employer guidance adds the operational layer: workflow review, role-level literacy targets, hands-on practice, and "clear internal guidance on appropriate AI use", the policy-training integration that sits squarely in HR/L&D's remit. The framework's manager-upskilling marker (Principle 6) makes the sequencing argument for you: train managers as a distinct population before the general rollout.

The practical read

What it means for you

Three assets. First, an answer to "what should our AI training cover?" that isn't a vendor's opinion, it's a federal framework with 60 concrete checkpoints. Second, vendor-evaluation criteria: any provider pitching you AI training should map to all 12 provisions, show their content-refresh mechanism (Principle 7), and demonstrate accessibility for your least digital employees (Principle 4). The Checker turns that evaluation into a 12-minute exercise. Third, budget language: "built to the DOL framework" is a sentence a CFO and a general counsel can both approve.

Compare the DOL framework with EU AI Act Article 4 if any part of your workforce sits inside the EU. One program can serve both references; the evidence they ask for is different.

Start here

Your first five moves

(1) inventory shadow AI use; (2) issue or refresh the AI-use policy and wire it into training (Area 5); (3) train managers first; (4) deploy hands-on literacy training across the workforce with role-contextualized paths; (5) build the evidence file, completion, assessment, provision mapping, before anyone asks for it.

Three of twelve

The provisions that matter most to you

At the price the checkout charges

How GAGE serves you

Team deployment of AI Literacy and Professional Conduct: seats run $89, $69 and $49 a seat by volume, from 10 seats, with an admin view and a per-seat evidence report, topics passed, mastery scores and credential status, exportable for your training file.

GAGE for employers

Questions from readers like you

Is this framework relevant if we're a private company?

Yes, it was written for employers as a named audience. It is voluntary, but it defines the content and delivery standards your training will be measured against by boards, auditors, and counsel.

What about the EU AI Act?

If your organization provides or deploys AI systems under EU jurisdiction, Article 4 makes AI literacy a binding obligation enforced since August 2, 2026. One program can cover both. → [Comparison](/compare/dol-framework-vs-eu-ai-act-article-4/)

Score what you have against the framework

Sixty checkpoints, twelve provisions, about twelve minutes, and a dated report you can put in front of whoever asks. Free, and the answers never leave your browser unless you ask for the report by email.

TEN 07-25 for

GAGE (Global Academy of Generative-AI Education) is a private education company, not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. Department of Labor. DOL does not certify or endorse training programs. Framework summaries are drawn from the public TEN 07-25 document. Read TEN 07-25 on dol.gov. Last verified: August 20, 2026.

Last verified against the DOL source: August 20, 2026. What changed