AI System Alters Public Employee Evaluations in Greece, Prompting Legal Complaints

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Greek civil society groups and a public employee filed complaints against the Ministry of Interior for using an AI tool to reprocess evaluations of 54,500 public servants, drastically reducing those rated as high performers. The lack of transparency and legal safeguards raises concerns over labor rights violations and compliance with AI regulations.[AI generated]

Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?

The event involves the use of an AI system in the evaluation of public employees, which directly affected their employment assessments and thus their rights. The lack of legal basis, transparency, and impact assessment indicates a breach of obligations intended to protect fundamental and labor rights. The harm is realized as employees' evaluations were altered, potentially affecting their careers and rights. Therefore, this qualifies as an AI Incident due to violations of human and labor rights caused by the AI system's use.[AI generated]
AI principles
Transparency & explainabilityAccountability
Industries
Government, security, and defence
Affected stakeholders
Workers
Harm types
Economic/PropertyReputationalHuman or fundamental rights
Business function:
Human resource management
AI system task:
Goal-driven organisation

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