Anthony Might, associate at Brown, Goldstein & Levy, offered on the 2024 Society for Human Useful resource Administration (SHRM) Expertise Convention & Expo, held on April 14 to 17 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Anthony’s seminar, “Synthetic Intelligence and Employment Discrimination Regulation,” drew from his experience about AI-fueled bias in hiring processes to explain how AI is used within the office, how AI can discriminate, present authorized efforts to curb AI discrimination, and finest practices for AI use by staff and employers.
Beginning with a broad definition, Anthony set the muse for his presentation by digging into the authorized definitions of AI and the way employers put it to use in a wide range of contexts, for instance, scanning resumes when evaluating potential candidates. He then reviewed the first federal legal guidelines coping with civil rights and employment discrimination, together with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the People with Disabilities Act, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.
Subsequent, he supplied present technical pointers on AI use by the Division of Justice (DOJ) and the Equal Employment Alternative Fee (EEOC), in addition to acts and government orders created on the native, regional, nationwide, and worldwide ranges to curb AI-based discrimination. He additionally supplied an summary of present litigation within the AI area earlier than describing ways in which employers and staff can finest combine AI into their work in a non-discriminatory method.
Anthony spoke to a room of convention attendees in addition to those that joined on-line, all of whom have been engaged in listening and asking questions. Over 2,500 individuals attended the SHRM Convention & Expo, with 94 % of attendees having an HR-related title. Seventeen nations have been represented on the convention, giving Anthony’s seminar a large attain at what is likely one of the largest HR conferences within the nation.
SHRM is the foremost knowledgeable, researcher, advocate, and thought chief on points and improvements impacting right this moment’s evolving workplaces. With almost 340,000 members in 180 nations, SHRM touches the lives of greater than 362 million staff and their households globally.
Anthony is regularly tapped for his information of AI and the way it applies to employment legislation and civil rights. Not too long ago, he led a fireplace chat session on “Synthetic Intelligence and Employment Discrimination Regulation” on the 38th annual California State College, Northridge, Assistive Expertise (CSUN) Convention. He has been featured by media sources reminiscent of The Day by day Report and has offered at occasions such because the 2023 MSBA Authorized Summit, the 2023 Proceptual webinar, and extra. He additionally authored a four-part weblog sequence, Algorithmically Excluded, on using AI in employment, the discriminatory impacts of such know-how, and the authorized rights of staff or potential staff to be free from such therapy.
MORE ABOUT ANTHONY MAY
Anthony J. Might has represented shoppers in a wide range of complicated litigation issues together with helping staff with disabilities in acquiring accessible know-how and lodging within the office, representing people who’ve been wrongfully convicted, industrial litigation disputes, and combating office discrimination primarily based on sexual orientation. Extra about Anthony.
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