AI in UK Employment and HR: Applications, Bias and Discrimination Risks, Data Protection, Liability, Regulation and Practical Compliance

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Artificial Intelligence in employment and human resources

Artificial intelligence (AI) is appearing ever more often across employment and human resources (HR) settings. Its deployment now spans the full employment journey, from recruitment through monitoring of staff and performance oversight. The consequences for candidates and existing staff can be significant and far-reaching, particularly where AI informs choices about hiring or advancement. Use of AI by employers and HR professionals is set to expand further in the coming years. Applied wisely, AI can sharply reduce expenditure, streamline processes and tackle inefficiencies, release time so employees can concentrate on the core parts of their roles, and lessen human error.

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Jonathan Newman

Simmons & Simmons

Jonathan is a barrister in the Tier 1 ranked London Employment group at Simmons & Simmons. His practice embraces the full breadth of contentious and non-contentious employment law across a range of sectors, primarily in the financial services and TMT sectors.He has extensive experience of litigation in the High Court, Employment Appeals Tribunal (in both England and Scotland) and the Employment Tribunal. Jonathan has acted as sole counsel before professional and regulatory bodies in the United Kingdom and overseas.Jonathan advisory practice is broad, including sensitive whistleblowing investigations, employment aspects of corporate transactions and outsourcings, family friendly rights and day-to-day workplace issues.Outside of work, Jonathan is a devoted father and a keen supporter of Yorkshire Cricket Club and Leeds United (not always an easy combination!)...

Olivia Galliano

Simmons & Simmons

Olivia is an associate in the employment group at Simmons & Simmons. Olivia provides advice in relation to both contentious and non-contentious employment law matters. Most recently she spent eight months on secondment to a large bank, working with both their employment law and employee relations teams. She has also been involved with whistleblowing, disability, race and sex discrimination claims, advising on grievance and disciplinary investigations, updating employee handbooks and policies and coordinating large scale cross border projects....

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