Three Employment Law Risks for Lean HR Teams

Generative AI is changing how employees pursue workplace disputes and how HR teams evaluate sensitive legal questions, while shifting labor enforcement priorities add another layer of uncertainty for employers. In the HR.com feature “Three Employment Law Risks for Lean HR Teams,” Woods Rogers Principal R. Patrick Bolling identifies three issues employers should watch: employees’ growing ability to use generative AI when pursuing claims without an attorney, the risks of entering sensitive legal information into AI tools, and changing National Labor Relations Board priorities.

Patrick encourages employers to understand how their HR teams use generative AI and to reinforce employee-relations skills. He also advises employers to review their labor-relations policies and seek guidance before responding to organizing activity.

“Employers should review labor-relations policies, seek advice before responding to organizing activity, and remember that the NLRA applies even if they do not have a union,” Patrick says.

Read the full feature in HR.com.