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Navigating AI in the Workplace and Recruitment

Mayer Brown on 3/22/2024

In recent years, we have seen an increase in employers using artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace, whether to assist with decision-making and staff management across the life-cycle of the employment relationship or...more

Pre-Hire Personality Tests Set Legal Challenges for Employers

Alston & Bird on 2/13/2024

Alston & Bird’s Anna Saraie and Martha Doty analyze pre-hire personality testing, including the legal and practical considerations for employers incorporating such testing into their application processes. Whether employees...more

Benefits and Legal Risks of Using Generative AI in Hiring Offers

Foster Swift Collins & Smith on 7/11/2023

Foster Swift attorneys Tony Dalimonte and Michael Cassar recently teamed-up for a presentation on the potential legal risks related to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the recruiting and hiring process. ...more

As July 5th Rapidly Approaches, the New York City DCWP Provides Much-Needed Guidance on Artificial Intelligence Employment...

BakerHostetler on 6/12/2023

On May 22, 2023, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (“DCWP”) held an employer roundtable about Local Law 144, New York City’s law regulating the use of Artificial Intelligence in the employment...more

EEOC Issues Guidance on the Use of Software, Algorithms, and Artificial Intelligence in Hiring Decisions

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 6/1/2023

Employers are increasingly relying on electronic systems to supplement – and, at times, supplant – the work of actual human employees relating to certain hiring, retention and employee-management practices. Such systems are...more

Artificial Intelligence is Now a Reality and So Are the Dangers Associated with Implementing it in Employment Decisions

Goldberg Segalla on 5/31/2023

KEY TAKEAWAYS - Employers should be aware of the potential dangers and legal pitfalls in using Artificial Intelligence in the recruitment, hiring and promotion of employees. Employers cannot pass liability onto a...more

EEOC Launches Initiative on Use of Ai in Hiring Decisions

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 11/29/2021

On October 28, 2021, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) unveiled an initiative focused on fairness in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and algorithmic tools, showing that federal regulators...more

[Virtual Briefing] Bias in Artificial Intelligence: Legal Risks and Solutions - March 23rd, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm ET

Epstein Becker & Green on 2/12/2021

You've likely seen the headlines. Online recruiting tools that unfairly screen out women and minorities. Facial recognition tools used in law enforcement that misidentify specific demographic groups. Algorithms that place...more

Will AI Create More Problems Than It Solves in Recruiting?

Morgan Lewis on 2/5/2021

Many businesses will need to make rapid hiring decisions as they reopen quickly during the pandemic. With limited time, applicants who may not be a good fit, and an increased focus on finding qualified diverse candidates ...more

Artificial Intelligence is Starting to Shape the Future of the Workplace

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 2/26/2020

Seyfarth Synopsis: As companies face increasing competition for the best talent within the marketplace, a growing number of businesses are turning to artificial intelligence and data driven strategies to more effectively...more

Is That Recruiting Technology Compliant?

Zelle LLP on 2/11/2016

There is some cool recruiting tech out there. Swipe, for example, a Tinder-like mobile app, allows hiring managers to “swipe right” for the applicants they are interested in. It also has a built in job-matching algorithm....more

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