Rising AI Use Paired With Layoffs Invites Age Bias Litigation

Employers like IBM that lay off workers as part of a restructuring, while simultaneously integrating more artificial intelligence into their operations, face potential exposure to age bias lawsuits if older workers are among the first to get a pink slip.

Human resources departments increasingly have been adopting AI-powered tools to help streamline their business processes and efficiently complete tasks that people previously performed, like drafting job descriptions and performance reviews or responding to employee inquiries.

As a result, there’s a growing discomfort at the prospect that jobs traditionally viewed as needing a human touch may now actually be on the ...