HR Technology

For HR leaders, the most prudent response is to assume that AI in the workplace will be judged by the highest standard, and to build an internal governance regime that meets it.

"The question is no longer whether mental health support exists," says Jennifer Schulz, CEO of Lyra Health. "It's whether it intervenes early and effectively enough to truly improve lives."

"We want mental health care that works for patients, not just Kaiser's bottom line," said Raul Figueroa, a therapist in Sacramento.

EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas sent a letter Feb. 26 directly to the CEOs, general counsels and board chairs of the 500 largest U.S. companies, reminding them of their obligations under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Today, leave sits at the intersection of regulatory expansion, workforce expectations, and enterprise risk, carrying real financial implications.

Leaders want AI to enable a more fluid operating model, one where expertise moves to the work rather than staying locked in a function, where outcomes drive design rather than org chart lines and where learning is embedded in operations rather than offloaded to a training calendar.