Employment lawyer Adrienne Drew explains how HR can hire fast without breaking foreign labour law

A contract drafted by an off-the-shelf AI tool can look polished and still miss the one clause that keeps a company out of court.

Artificial intelligence has moved well beyond sorting résumés. Adrienne Drew, Vice President, Product Counsel & Head of Legal for Gia at G-P (Globalization Partners), and an employment lawyer who has spent close to a decade building G-P's global entity footprint, said regulators in the EU, US and UK are no longer focused only on the point of hire.

They are watching how automated tools touch every stage of employment, from onboarding to promotions, performance reviews and even rostering. The common thread across all of it, she said, is who is actually making the call.

"The idea that a machine would make a choice about someone's job kind of gives everyone the ick," said Drew. She explained that lawmakers across jurisdictions want humans kept firmly in charge of decisions that affect a worker's livelihood, whether that decision is positive or negative.

Drew will be speaking at a webinar on the topic above and more, hosted by sponsor G-P and available to view from 7 September. To find out details and view, click here.

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