📖 Today’s lesson
Lesson 6: AI drafts. Humans decide.
There is a bright line in HR that does not exist in most other professions. Using a model to write a job description is ordinary work. Using one to screen, score, rank or reject candidates turns it into an Automated Employment Decision Tool — and in a growing number of jurisdictions that triggers real legal obligations.
Why this matters: NYC Local Law 144 requires an annual independent bias audit of any such tool, a published summary, and notice to candidates ten business days in advance, with penalties from $500 to $1,500 per violation. Nineteen of the most populous US states now have AI laws touching employment — and 57% of HR professionals in those states do not know the rules exist (SHRM, 2026). Today you learn which side of the line you are on.