HR & Recruiting — AI Governance Enters Labor Contracts, IBM Settles $17M DEI Probe, and Recruiting Platform Data Breach Sparks Lawsuits — A Pivotal Week for HR Risk Management

HR & Recruiting · 2026-04-14

TODAY'S SIGNAL — The HR landscape is being reshaped simultaneously from three directions: labor relations, regulatory enforcement, and technology risk. Union contracts are now codifying AI governance provisions — a development that will cascade into non-union workplaces as regulatory expectations follow collective bargaining precedent. IBM's $17M settlement to end a federal DEI probe signals that…