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How to implement AI responsibly in HR
A step-by-step framework for HR leaders deploying AI in recruitment, people analytics, and workforce management — covering governance, bias audits, vendor due diligence and employee communication.
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All guides →EU AI Act and HR: what employers must do
How the EU AI Act classifies recruitment, monitoring and people-management systems as high risk, which obligations fall on employers as deployers, and the compliance deadlines that matter for HR.
UKEmployee monitoring in the UK: what the law allows
A practical guide to lawful workplace monitoring in the UK — the UK GDPR lawful basis, ICO expectations, when a DPIA is mandatory, covert monitoring, and how AI-driven productivity tracking changes the analysis.
UKAI in recruitment: UK discrimination law and bias audits
How the Equality Act 2010 applies to CV screening, video interviews and candidate scoring, what a defensible bias audit looks like, and the vendor questions that protect employers from tribunal claims.
UK & EUHow to write a generative AI policy for your workplace
A practical template and drafting guide for a generative AI policy — approved tools, confidential data rules, disclosure requirements, accountability for output, and how to handle misuse fairly.
UKAutomated decisions about employees: UK GDPR Article 22 explained
When an AI-supported decision about a worker counts as solely automated, what safeguards UK GDPR requires, what meaningful human review looks like, and how to answer an employee who challenges a score.
UKAI-driven restructuring and redundancy: the UK legal duties
What UK employers must get right when AI adoption drives role changes or redundancies — genuine redundancy tests, selection criteria, consultation duties, and the risks of using AI in the selection process itself.
Lex Bookshop — practical HR and employment-law books.
Curated handbooks, templates and guides for UK and US people professionals — written by employment-law specialists and built for day-to-day HR practice.
Will AI Act affect hiring tools? CEE launches AI coalition
Nine central and eastern EU capitals launched an AI and digital coalition on 4 Sep 2026 to coordinate EU policy — will AI Act affect hiring tools?
Can employers monitor employees for union activity?
can employers monitor employees for union activity? Fifth Circuit on Sept. 4 reversed most NLRB findings against Starbucks, narrowing surveillance and threat claims.
How must UK employers consult on redundancies: WPP cuts
WPP is preparing up to 1,000 further job cuts as AI-driven restructuring accelerates, raising questions about how must UK employers consult on redundancies.
Data regulation and AI: DSIT call
DSIT has opened a call for evidence on data regulation and AI UK, seeking examples on access, quality and governance; responses due 9 Sept 2026.
WARN Act notice requirements for layoffs: Uber cuts 3,300
Uber will cut about 3,300 roles as it reallocates to robotaxi and AV work, raising questions about WARN Act notice requirements for layoffs and severance.
Can employers use AI usage metrics? Meta backs off
Meta told engineers it will stop using AI‑usage dashboards and token counts in reviews while it pilots an internal agent called Hatch — can employers use AI usage metrics?
Do employers need to report AI incidents — Lords debate
House of Lords debated amendments widening reporting duties and AI-testing powers, prompting the question: do employers need to report AI incidents UK.
Can employers use AI in disciplinary hearings UK? Acas asks
Acas has opened a consultation on a draft disciplinary and grievance Code that explicitly asks about AI use — can employers use AI in disciplinary hearings UK
EU AI Act requirements for AI hiring tools — Commission probes
Brussels’ AI Office has sent information requests to 30+ providers, a preliminary enforcement step shaping EU AI Act requirements for AI hiring tools.
Are hiring algorithms high-risk under EU AI Act
EU AI Act service desk guidance clarifies whether hiring algorithms are high-risk and spells out obligations for employers and HR vendors.
Statutory protections for workers displaced by AI rejected by UK
UK government rejected a petition for statutory protections for workers displaced by AI on 3 Sept 2026, citing existing redundancy law and arrangements.
Uber faces Europe-wide driver class action over AI pay
Drivers in the UK and EU have filed a collective claim in Amsterdam alleging Uber used opaque algorithms to set pay and allocate work in breach of data‑protection law.
Uber to cut about 3,300 jobs in restructure
Uber will eliminate roughly 3,300 roles—about 10% of staff—to simplify management and shift spending to ridesharing, delivery and robotaxi/AI projects.
EurEporter explains jobseeker rights under EU AI Act and GDPR
An EU explainer outlines how the AI Act and GDPR protect candidates: transparency duties, bans on emotion inference and rights to human review.
Fireflies launches voice agents for screening calls
Fireflies rolled out Voice Agents on Sept. 2, 2026 for screening interviews and call handling; EU AI Act and GDPR already impose disclosure and data rules for recruitment AI.
EU AI Office issues first formal requests to model providers
On Sept. 1, 2026 the European Commission’s AI Office sent its first formal information requests to dozens of general‑purpose model providers under the EU AI Act.
EU designates ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox under DSA
European Commission names ChatGPT a VLOSE and Reddit and Roblox VLOPs under the Digital Services Act, triggering four‑month compliance and tighter oversight.
Workday limits agentic AI for UK tenants over data rules
Workday updated release notes and its UK pages to say some agentic AI features aren’t available to UK tenants subject to strict data‑processing requirements.
SIPTU ballots public‑service strike action over AI use
SIPTU says members voted overwhelmingly for public‑service industrial action and demands consultation, transparency and safeguards on AI in the workplace.
Pentagon adds ChatGPT Mil and Grok for Government
The Department of Defense added OpenAI’s ChatGPT Mil and Starshield AI’s Grok for Government to GenAI.mil, opening accredited generative-AI tools to DOD personnel.
Workday adds HiredScore triggers in 2026R2 Talent Acquisition
Workday's 2026R2 Talent Acquisition update adds HiredScore Spotlight and hiring‑manager triggers, plus ranking templates and API enhancements.
Dutch regulator fines Uber €824.99m over automated driver deactivations
The Dutch data protection authority fined Uber €824.99m for using fully automated decisions to suspend and deactivate drivers between 2018–2022, citing GDPR Article 22.
Judge blocks Pentagon blacklist of Anthropic
A federal judge ruled the Defense Department's supply‑chain designation of Anthropic unlawful and temporarily barred enforcement of the Pentagon's blacklist.
Nurses protest Palantir ties at HCA, demand hospitals cut contracts
National Nurses United staged Aug. 27–29 protests in eight cities demanding hospitals end Palantir scheduling contracts over opaque AI staffing and surveillance concerns.
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