EU AI Act Guide

EU AI Act for workplace AI

Workplace AI should be reviewed when it affects employees, productivity evaluation, monitoring, ranking, allocation or access to opportunities. Readiness requires role clarity, human oversight and evidence of controls.

Operational information, not legal advice.

Sector risk model

EU AI Act for Workplace AI

01

Sector context

Identify the sector logic around people, access, safety, finance, care or essential services.

02

Impact group

Clarify which customers, patients, learners, workers, applicants or citizens may be affected.

03

Decision pressure

Check whether the AI output can influence ranking, access, pricing, diagnosis, treatment or opportunity.

04

Sector control

Map the oversight, documentation, validation and review controls needed for the sector.

Strategic answer

Workplace AI should be reviewed around employee impact and control.

Workplace AI can affect monitoring, productivity, ranking, allocation, recommendations or access to opportunities. Readiness requires clear purpose, affected people, human oversight, transparency and evidence of controls.

Start with the EU AI Act Diagnostic, turn findings into an implementation plan, and see how the diagnostic works as a reference app on M13.

Exposure focus

What workplace AI teams should review

  • Employee-facing or employee-impacting AI workflows.
  • Monitoring, ranking, allocation or productivity analysis.
  • Transparency, human review and escalation controls.
  • Evidence that controls are real and maintained.

First action

What to do first

  1. 01Inventory workplace AI tools and workflows.
  2. 02Map employee impact and decision influence.
  3. 03Define oversight and transparency controls.
  4. 04Turn evidence gaps into implementation tasks.

This page provides operational information for AI governance readiness. It is not legal advice.