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AI at Work

Adoption is where the technology meets an existing process. This topic tracks how that goes.

How organisations are rolling out AI tooling: workflows, guardrails, training, and the results they report.

16 stories

A recruiter dashboard showing a ranked resume queue beside printed audit and notice records on a desk.

AI Governance & Ethics

NYC’s Hiring-AI Rule Turns on How Recruiters Use the Score

A resume model is not covered merely because a vendor calls it AI. Employers need evidence showing what it outputs, how recruiters use it, which jobs it affects, and whether required audits and notices exist.

Irene Vasko · August 9, 2026 · 8 min

Hiring manager’s desk with an assessment workflow, vendor contract and candidate notice open beside a laptop.

AI Governance & Ethics

Before AI Rejects a New Jersey Applicant, Build This File

New Jersey’s discrimination law already reaches automated hiring. Before a scoring tool goes live, employers need evidence for its job relevance, accommodation route, vendor controls and candidate notices.

Irene Vasko · 8 min read

A recruiter’s laptop showing a hiring workflow beside printed notices labeled New York City, Illinois, and Colorado.

AI Governance & Ethics

New Jersey Employers Face an AI Hiring Notice Patchwork

A Newark employer recruiting in Manhattan, Chicago, or Colorado can inherit different audit, consent, and appeal duties. The compliance trigger often follows the job or applicant, not headquarters.

Irene Vasko · 8 min read

A recruiting laptop showing a hiring workflow beside a spreadsheet listing automated scores, cutoffs, and review owners.

AI Governance & Ethics

New Jersey Employers Need a Map of Every AI Hiring Filter

An applicant may encounter four automated systems before a recruiter calls. Mapping those systems shows which discrimination duties, notices, bias reviews, and vendor records may apply.

Irene Vasko · 8 min read

A loan review screen showing a DTI_RATIO decision code beside a controlled adverse-action notice template.

AI Governance & Ethics

An AI-Written Denial Notice Still Needs the Real Reason

A language model can make decision codes readable, but fluency is not evidence. The safe workflow binds every sentence to factors the decision system recorded as principal reasons.

Irene Vasko · 8 min read

Laptop showing a model-version field beside a résumé scoring log on a recruiter’s desk.

AI Governance & Ethics

Your Model Provider Cannot Clear Your Hiring Assistant

A provider can document its model, restrictions, tests, and updates. It cannot prove that your hiring workflow treats candidates fairly or that recruiters use its output as intended.

Irene Vasko · 7 min read

A laptop displaying an employment systems inventory beside printed hiring workflow notes on a desk.

AI Governance & Ethics

Map Hiring AI Before Disclosure and Audit Rules Apply

A useful employment AI inventory follows one candidate through each decision, records how software changes the outcome, and separates enforced rules from enacted or proposed duties.

Irene Vasko · 8 min read

Hiring workflow inventory beside a laptop showing candidate ranking and interview summary modules.

AI Governance & Ethics

New Jersey Employers Need a Map of Every Hiring AI Tool

New Jersey’s discrimination law already reaches algorithmic hiring decisions, while more specific proposals remain unsettled. An inventory shows which tools require scrutiny and which merely hold records.

Irene Vasko · 8 min read

A laptop displaying a performance summary beside an open meeting transcript and employee review notes.

AI Governance & Ethics

AI Performance Summaries Need More Than a Warning

When email, chat, or meeting summaries become performance evidence, a generic AI notice is inadequate. Workers need access to the record, correction paths, retention limits, and a real appeal.

Irene Vasko · 8 min read

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