Brett Bartlett and Phillip Ebsworth Write on How AI Impacts Exempt Employee Classification in the Daily Journal

Seyfarth’s Brett Bartlett and Phillip Ebsworth co-authored an article, “AI and the shifting landscape of exempt employee classification,” in Daily Journal on August 21. The Seyfarth attorneys discussed how artificial intelligence is increasingly reshaping employees’ duties and workflows across industries, driving efficiency gains while also creating new wage-and-hour risks—particularly the potential loss of exempt classification when AI reduces or replaces tasks that justify exempt status.

“Artificial intelligence is no longer a novelty in the workplace -- it is rapidly becoming embedded in how employees perform their jobs and how employers define expectations. Across industries, Al-enabled tools are reshaping workflows, timelines and even the skill sets required for success.”

The full article is available here.