When 62% of professionals admit to using AI on the job, according to a recent Glassdoor survey, some companies may already be considering creating an AI strategy to harness the tools that make work easier for their employees, including those in people functions. HR Brew caught up with three executives at SXSW about how they’re preparing for and deploying GenAI tools for their workforce.

Johnson & Johnson. The healthcare giant has relied on AI for “years,” according to Michael Ehret, head of global talent management at Johnson & Johnson. “Across the spectrum of learning and development, employee experience, [and] recruiting, we’re using AI,” he said.

In 2022, the company rolled out an AI-powered career mapping tool to its 135,000 global employees. “I call this a big career playground,” Ehret told HR Brew. Through the technology, employees can access different learning and development, career, and mentorship opportunities based on their skills and aspirations. It also creates a roadmap to advancement. AI creates a plan to say, in order to become competitive for that job, here’s what you need to do,” he said.

Slack. Employees at Slack can use AI for several HR-related tasks, according to Christina Janzer, SVP of data and analytics. Slack’s parent company, Salesforce, uses Ask Concierge, an HR chatbot that answers questions about anything from office locations to parental leave policies, saving the HR team valuable time. “That information is right at your fingertips.”

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she’s encountered a fair amount of gender bias throughout her career, from courtrooms to the debate stage. She reflected on her experiences at a March 12 conference hosted in New York City by Catalyst, a nonprofit focused on building workplaces for women.

There was the time when she was representing a north Arkansas college in a lawsuit, for example, and returned to the courthouse from her lunch break to find the front row filled with a group of men in camouflage. When she asked about it, the bailiff told her they were hunters who had come into town for supplies, “heard there was a lady lawyer in town, and they couldn’t believe it, and wanted to see it for themselves,” she said.

Or the more infamous example of being stalked by former President Donald Trump on the debate stage, a moment she interpreted as him sending the message, “I’m an alpha male and that’s who you want as president.” While working in business and legal jobs, Clinton said she was often the only woman in a group, and remembers “saying something that nobody paid attention to until somebody else said it later, usually a male colleague.”

An ongoing challenge. Clinton said she’s been heartened to see some organizations recognize how such examples of bias negatively affect women’s career trajectories, but added that she still sees room for improvement.

Keep reading here.—CV

A federal judge vacated a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rule for determining joint employment status that was set to take effect March 11.

Judge J. Campbell Barker, a US district judge for the Eastern District of Texas, issued an opinion on March 9 in a lawsuit filed by the US Chamber of Commerce and other business groups challenging the rule. The judge granted a motion for summary judgment to the plaintiffs, who had argued the rule is “inconsistent with common law,” as well as “arbitrary and capricious.”

Final rule challenged on several fronts. The rule, which was adopted in October, proposed a stricter test for determining if two organizations qualify as a “joint-employer” for a group of employees. In its final rule the NLRB laid out a two-part test for determining joint-employer status.

Keep reading here.—CV

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Today’s top HR reads.

Stat: Almost nine in 10 managers are experiencing job burnout, and around one-half (49%) would take a pay cut to see their workload reduced. (UKG)

Quote: “Nobody knows what the future of the workplace looks like. These guys are totally confused about what to do…If nobody figures out what’s next, everybody is screwed.”—Michael Wolf, author of a furniture industry newsletter, on the challenge office furniture manufacturers face to stay relevant in today’s hybrid world (Bloomberg)

Read: Senior leaders at 35 US companies earned more than their firms paid in taxes between 2018 and 2022. (the Guardian)