What if a computer—not your boss—is already making decisions about your job?

From AI-powered hiring tools that quietly screen out candidates, to algorithm-driven performance reviews and employee surveillance software, artificial intelligence is reshaping the modern workplace—often without employees ever knowing it’s happening.

In this episode of Punching the Clock, employment attorney Mila Arutunian breaks down how workplace AI really works, where bias hides inside algorithms, and why “it’s just the system” is no longer a legal excuse. We dive into real, ongoing cases—including Mobley v. Workday—and explain how courts, the EEOC, and new state laws are holding employers and tech vendors accountable.

You’ll learn:

• How AI is used in hiring, performance reviews, and employee monitoring
• Why automated tools can still violate civil rights laws
• Who’s legally responsible when an algorithm discriminates
• Whether using AI at work can actually get you fired
• What questions employees have the right to ask right now

AI doesn’t eliminate bias—it can scale it. And when a machine makes the call, someone still owns the consequences.

Tune in, protect yourself, and drop your workplace story in the comments—it might be featured next.