DOL issues AI guidance

On October 16, 2024, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued guidance on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in employment—Artificial Intelligence and Worker Well-Being: Principles and Best Practices for Developers and Employers. The guidance stems from President Joe Biden’s Executive Order 14110 on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence issued on October 30, 2023.

Best practices

The guidance’s best practices provide strategies for how AI can benefit workers and businesses, while maintaining a focus on workers’ rights, job quality, wellbeing, privacy, and economic security. These approaches include the following: