Navigating AI in the Workplace: Efficiency, Risks, and Policies Employers Need – Employment Edge with Liz

 

Elizabeth Schlissel, Partner at Falcon Rappaport Berkman examines the benefits and risks of using AI in the workplace. Learn why employers need clear policies to protect confidential information and prevent inadvertent disclosures, and what to consider when evaluating AI platforms and setting guidelines for employee use. Contact us at frblaw.com today to learn more.

Employment Edge with Liz is Falcon Rappaport & Berkman’s video web series hosted by Elizabeth Schlissel, Chair of the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice Group. Through the series, Liz provides timely, practical commentary on the labor and employment issues shaping today’s workplace, helping employers better understand legal developments and policy considerations. Episodes have covered a range of key topics, including employees leaving companies, employee classification, bonus policies, fixed leave versus unlimited PTO, and AI in the workplace.

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Liz Schlissel:

I’m Elizabeth Schlissel and this is the Employment Edge with Liz.

Do you or your company use AI to help perform daily tasks? AI is a great tool that many companies and employees are discovering helps them work efficiently and helps save time on mundane tasks.

While AI is a great tool to use in the workplace, certain guardrails and policies should be put in place to prevent the inadvertent disclosure of confidential information belonging either to the company or the company’s clients.

With any new technology, there are some bumps in the road. And what we’re seeing with generative AI is that it’s growing so quickly and so fast that the law and the courts haven’t really caught up to it yet.

But regardless of what’s happening in the legal arena within the courts, now is the time for companies to act and evaluate what platforms they’re using.

What platforms do they want to tell their employees they shouldn’t be using and how are they handling their own and the client’s confidential information to prevent any inadvertent disclosures.

If you have any questions regarding the use of generative AI in the workplace, please feel free to reach out to your employment attorney at Falcon Rappaport & Berkman. This is Liz Schlissel with the Employment Edge.