AI-Driven Recruitment & Hiring - Legal Risk, Governance & Practical Solutions

Introduction

This virtual classroom seminar will explore how artificial intelligence (AI) and automated decision-making technologies are currently being deployed throughout recruitment and hiring processes and will consider the key legal and regulatory risks associated with their use. This includes developments under the Data (Use and Access) Act 2026 and the evolving landscape of UK data protection and employment law.

The session will examine when the use of AI may create risks relating to discrimination, data protection and transparency. It will provide practical guidance on governance measures that organisations can implement to manage legal exposure while continuing to capture the commercial advantages of AI-enabled tools.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive course will cover the following:

• Is AI already in your recruitment process?
• What we mean by ‘AI’ in HR (screening, ranking, shortlisting, video analysis, chatbots)
• Why recruitment and hiring are legally high-risk use cases
• AI as a management and governance issue
• Common AI use cases in recruiting and hiring
• CV screening and ranking tools
• Automated shortlisting and scoring
• Video interviewing and behavioural analysis
• Psychometric and predictive ‘fit’ tools
• Third-party platforms vs internally configured tools
• Where HR teams often lose visibility or control
• Discrimination and fairness risks
• How AI can replicate or amplify bias
• Indirect discrimination risks in recruitment algorithms
• Protected characteristics and proxy data
• Evidential challenges: explaining and justifying outcomes
• Liability risks for employers even where tools are vendor-supplied
• Data protection and transparency issues
• Lawful bases for AI-driven recruitment processing
• Automated decision-making and human oversight
• Transparency obligations to candidates
• Subject access requests and ‘black box’ problems
• Retention, data minimisation, and audit trails
• Governance, compliance and risk mitigation
• When AI use should trigger enhanced risk assessment
• Practical governance steps
• Aligning legal compliance with ethical and reputational considerations
• Conclusions and next steps
• Recruitment AI is a current risk
• HR and legal have shared ownership of AI governance
• Focus on explainability, oversight, and evidence
• When to escalate for specialist legal advice

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.