EU AI Act: What Does It Mean For Employers?

Recruitment, selection, promotion, termination: these key workplace decisions are all considered automatically "high risk" under the EU AI Act. What does this mean in practice? We look at some of the burning questions employers are likely to have on the impact of this legislation.

What is the EU AI Act?

Described by the EU as "the world's first comprehensive legal framework on AI worldwide", the EU AI Act has now been formally adopted by the European Parliament.

Expected to be adopted by the Council this month, it then enters into force 20 days after publication in the EU Official Journal, with the implementation staggered over the next two years.

The intention is that the AI Act ensures that AI systems are used safely and ethically, prohibiting certain practices that pose an unacceptable level of risk, and setting out clear requirements for other AI systems that have potentially harmful outcomes.