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    Advanced analytics for HR leaders: 8 metrics to track

    Try tracking these eight HR metrics to better understand your employees and processes so you can fine-tune your talent management strategies.

    Oct. 21, 2024
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    Skills shortage persists in cybersecurity despite decade of hiring

    The cybersecurity workforce has grown each year since 2013, yet hundreds of thousands of more workers are needed to close current supply gaps.

    By Carolyn Crist • Oct. 16, 2024
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    What HR pros need to know about AI in the workplace

    HR professionals may be wary of using certain AI technologies in their work, but research indicates the broader workforce is forging ahead.

    By HR Dive staff
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    Few mid-career and older workers use AI at work — yet

    Many employers are offering some form of training support for workers using AI, including both formal programs and informal resources.

    By Carolyn Crist • Oct. 15, 2024
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    Opinion

    How HR can avoid algorithmic discrimination when using AI

    HR leaders can take proactive steps to establish organizational standards and processes for using AI in hiring, writes Melanie Ronen, partner at Stradley Ronon.

    By Melanie Ronen • Oct. 15, 2024
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    Generative AI still absent from most employer policies — even as executives fear being sued for using it

    In this first edition of HR Dive’s new data series, we take a closer look at how executives view emerging tech and its role in workplace policy.

    By • Oct. 2, 2024
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    Fed governor says ‘impressive’ AI innovation has yet to lift productivity

    Lisa Cook highlighted the long-term potential of artificial intelligence to spur economic growth, lift wages and ease price pressures.

    By Jim Tyson • Oct. 2, 2024
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    Workers are ready for an AI-driven future, but the right training may not be in place

    Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to infiltrate the workplace, whether for administrative tasks, creative ideation, collaboration or industry-specific work.

    By Dave Barnett, Chief Administrative Officer, DeVry University • Sept. 16, 2024
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    Judge sides with UKG in assisted living company’s Kronos outage lawsuit

    Aegis Senior Communities LLC failed to show that UKG committed gross negligence and fraud amid a 2021 ransomware attack, a California district court found.

    By • Sept. 6, 2024
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    What’s your ‘AI persona’? 5 working types, explained

    “People are not experiencing AI in the same way,” Christina Janzer, SVP of research and analytics at Slack, said — and that can inform how employers approach it.

    By • Sept. 4, 2024
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    NLRB appoints David Gaston its first chief AI officer

    The creation of the role is tied to President Joe Biden’s October executive order requiring all federal agencies to name someone to oversee AI.

    By • Aug. 30, 2024
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    4 ways recruiting leaders are investing in AI

    Artificial intelligence is reshaping the world of recruiting by automating tasks, enhancing candidate experiences and elevating recruiter capabilities, writes Gartner analyst Jackie Watrous.

    By Jackie Watrous • Aug. 9, 2024
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    HR is just ‘scratching the surface’ of what AI can do, leaders say

    From automating tasks like scheduling to answering internal questions, artificial intelligence is being used for human resources functions running the gamut. 

    By • July 30, 2024
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    What the CrowdStrike outage taught payroll professionals

    Sources who spoke to HR Dive stressed the need for business continuity planning and collaboration with payroll vendors where applicable.

    By • July 26, 2024
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    Opinion

    Heading off bias in your AI-embedded employment tools

    AI permeates more deeply in your HR decision-making tool kits than you might realize. From a risk management standpoint, knowing how to correct for unintended bias can help.

    By Corey Gildart and Joe Knight • July 26, 2024
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    Lawsuit alleging Workday’s AI tools are discriminatory can move forward, court says

    “Workday’s tools are engaged in conduct that is at the heart of equal access to employment opportunities,” Judge Rita Lin wrote in the decision.

    By • Updated July 17, 2024
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    Q&A // 5 minutes with

    5 minutes with IAC’s CHRO

    Lauren Geer sees AI as a way to streamline HR functions to allow people leaders time to focus on leadership development.

    By • July 15, 2024
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    AI monitoring for productivity can backfire, Cornell researchers find

    Employers are more likely to gain buy-in if AI is there to assist, not judge.

    By • July 9, 2024
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    HR is often left out of AI plans, despite the need for upskilling and inclusion

    Although people and change management play a major role in AI adoption, HR isn't always part of the conversation, McLean & Co. says.

    By Carolyn Crist • June 25, 2024
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    How one firm’s ChatGPT experiment recovered from ‘total failure’

    At SHRM's annual conference, a speaker shared a case study in testing the abilities and limits of generative AI.

    By • June 24, 2024
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    Target to roll out generative AI chatbot for store employees

    The new tool, dubbed Store Companion, is designed to answer on-the-job process questions and support store operations.

    By Nate Delesline III • June 24, 2024
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    Human capital renaissance: ServiceNow CPO on AI, workplace well-being and the war for talent

    AI at work is undeniably making waves: It’s time to embrace it, Jacqui Canney says.

    By • June 13, 2024
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    ACLU asks FTC to probe Aon AI employment assessment tools for bias

    The organization also wants the agency to block the company from making allegedly deceptive claims in its marketing and to pause the sale of the tests.   

    By Robert Freedman • June 5, 2024
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    Enabling new leaders by evolving your AI upskilling practices

    Acknowledging AI’s role in your business evolution is just the beginning. Find out how can you can enable your employees with a reskilling plan.

    June 3, 2024
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    Colorado governor signs bill outlawing AI job discrimination in 2026

    Deployers of certain AI systems must take “reasonable care” to prevent discrimination, such as by completing impact assessments and providing consumer disclosures.

    By • May 20, 2024
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    Employers should include workers in AI plans, DOL says

    The agency outlined a list of eight “AI Principles for Developers and Employers” on Thursday, following up on a 2023 directive from the White House.

    By • May 16, 2024