Eric Dunleavy

Vice President, Employment and Litigation Services - DCI Consulting

Dr. Eric M. Dunleavy is Vice President of the Employment and Litigation Services Division at DCI Consulting Group, where he leads a group of Industrial/Organizational Psychologists and Labor Economists involved in a wide variety of personnel selection, work analysis, workforce analytics, and litigation support projects. Dr. Dunleavy has a unique perspective as an Industrial/Organizational Psychologist practicing within the EEO landscape and frequently performs independent evaluations of HR practices. A number of recent projects have focused on artificial intelligence tools used in employment decision making. He has testified before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on matters related to big data/people analytics in employment and has been involved in a number of technical advisory committees related to artificial intelligence.

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM

Tuesday, July 30

Workshop 4

The Uniform Guidelines on Trial: Can They Meet the Challenge of Evaluating Artificial Intelligence?
Vicki Lipnic, Resolution Economics; Eric Dunleavy, DCI Consulting Group, Inc.; Michelle Duncan, Jackson Lewis P.C.

Artificial intelligence (AI) use in employment decision making continues to be a consequential and controversial topic, particularly for federal contractors attempting to comply with a patchwork of changing federal, state and local laws. Federal agencies have endorsed the Uniform Guidelines (1978) framework as adequate, so far. But are those guidelines enough to effectively regulate tools that leverage artificial intelligence? This panel of nationally known experts will debate that issue, focusing on the following learning objectives:

Describe where the Guidelines seem particularly useful and where they may be limited
Explain how other state and local frameworks offer novel approaches
Provide practical recommendations for complying with the patchwork of regulations
Summarize expectations for how the regulatory framework will change in response to the October 2023 Biden Administration Executive Order on AI