AI’s Compliance Risks Outlined in New Labor Department Guidance

Employers should be wary of ways artificial intelligence can discriminate against workers or lead to pay violations, especially those who do business with the federal government, the US Labor Department warned in its first-ever guidelines on the emerging technology.

The agency released a new FAQ Monday explaining how federal contractors can still keep up with their Equal Employment Opportunity obligations while using the technology, and instructions to its Wage and Hour Division offices on how the Fair Labor Standards Act still applies when AI is used.

“As new technological innovations emerge, the federal laws administered and enforced by WHD continue ...