AI, the Right Way: Avoiding Employment Discrimination with Artificial Intelligence
The “future workplace” is here, and AI is among the many tools employers now use to help manage their workforce—from hiring algorithms to tools used to manage remote workforces. These tools will become even more prevalent in coming years, leading to a future of work with an ever-increasing combination of human and automated functions. Using AI in the workplace, however, presents the possibility of generating outcomes with legally impermissible disparate impacts. In this session, our speakers will discuss the law in this rapidly expanding area and how to identify and manage those risks.
Learning Objectives:
- Hear how AI is increasingly playing a role in today’s workplace.
- Discuss algorithmic bias and other legal implications that may arise when using AI in the workplace.
- Learn best practices that allow organizations to effectively utilize AI in the workplace while mitigating legal and practical risks.
Joseph L. Beachboard
Joseph (“Joe”) Beachboard is a nationally recognized employment lawyer who also closely tracks the most important developments at the U.S. Supreme Court impacting the business community. He has more than 30 years of experience representing management in a wide variety of employment and labor matters in perhaps the most challenging state in the nation for employers – California. Mr. Beachboard speaks regularly before human resource and employer groups on cutting edge employment law topics. He is a member of SHRM and has been an annual presenter at both the SHRM Annual Conference and the Employment Law and Compliance Conference for two decades. Mr. Beachboard is frequently quoted in such leading publications as HR Magazine, National Law Journal, Los Angeles Times, NY Times, HR Executive and Workforce, and has been published in dozens of legal and business journals. Throughout his career in Los Angeles, Mr. Beachboard has represented dozens of studios and entertainment properties. He cites his most interesting project as working with the cast and crew of the television show The Office, from its pilot through the final season.
Jennifer Betts
Jenn Betts is the Managing Shareholder of Ogletree Deakins’ Pittsburgh office and the Co-Chair of Ogletree’s national Technology Practice Group. She represents employers in all areas of labor and employment law, including discrimination, harassment, whistleblower, retaliation, class and collective actions, non-competition and non-disclosure covenants, union campaigns, collective bargaining, and unfair labor practices.
Jenn works with clients in an array of industries including technology companies, retailers, manufacturers, banks, and in the energy sector. She regularly advises clients about the labor and employment implications of deploying technology in the workplace, including artificial intelligence.