AI law and the workplace; also why CA’s measure on caste discrimination was vetoed
On Sept. 21 the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) adopted its 2024-2028 strategic enforcement plan. As in the draft of the plan on which this column previously focused, the EEOC explicitly recognizes employers’ increasing use of artificial intelligence, or AI, especially in targeting job advertisements, recruiting applicants, and deciding whom to hire.
To combat “technology-related employment discrimination,” the EEOC says it will “focus on employment decisions, practices, or policies in which covered entities’ use of technology contributes to discrimination based on a protected characteristic. These may include, for example, the use of software that incorporates algorithmic decision-making or machine learning, including artificial intelligence; use of automated recruitment, selection, or production and performance management tools; or other existing or emerging technological tools used in employment decisions.”
Click here to read the full article written by SCMV Shareholder Dan Eaton and published in The San Diego Union-Tribune.