ADP, Toronto startup bring employment law insights to HR with AI-powered tool

ADP Canada is partnering with Toronto-based software startup Blue J Legal to bring its artificial intelligence technology to ADP’s HR Assist product for small and medium businesses (SMBs).

Blue J Legal’s technology, combined with ADP’s suite of products, will offer HR professionals insights on employment law issues to help them make more informed decisions regarding employment and workplace occurrences, according to a Thursday press release.

The partnership specifically combines ADP’s HR Assist with Blue J Legal’s HR Foresight tool, which has machine learning algorithms to predict how courts will rule on HR-related legal issues.

“Small business owners already have enough on their plate trying to stay on top of the latest in employment law and understand how it applies to situations in their own businesses can be next to impossible,” Sooky Lee, division VP and general manager of human resources outsourcing at ADP Canada said in the release.

“With the introduction of HR Foresight to our ADP HR Assist solution, employers can utilize AI to allow them to gain a clearer picture of their obligations and risks under employment law, allowing them to make smarter decisions and keep more focus where it is needed on their day-to-day operation,” she said.

According to the press release, HR Foresight is the first tool that uses machine learning to predict the outcomes of workplace scenarios in the areas of employment law regarding reasonable notice, managerial exemption to overtime, worker classification, duty to accommodate disabilities and drug and alcohol testing.

Blue J Legal is a Toronto-based startup that began in 2015 and specifically offers machine learning and artificial intelligence based services centred around legal services.

Late last year it raised $7 million USD in a Series A financing round according to the Financial Post, with plans to use the funding to help it grow into the U.S. market.

As well as its HR Foresight product, Blue J Legal also offers a similar Tax Foresight tool that uses AI to help predict how courts will rule in tax law cases as well as comb through previous rulings to give insights.

“New technologies and approaches like A.I. are more than just buzzwords, they are becoming foundational to improving the way that businesses of all sizes handle their day-to-day well-being,” said Lee, “we’re seeing how automation and affordable access to the latest technologies can help to level the playing field between small businesses and large corporations, much to the benefit of the little guy.”

Would you recommend this article?

Share

Thanks for taking the time to let us know what you think of this article!
We'd love to hear your opinion about this or any other story you read in our publication.


Jim Love, Chief Content Officer, IT World Canada

Featured Download

Meagan Simpson
Meagan Simpson
Meagan Simpson is a staff writer for IT World Canada. A graduate of Carleton University’s journalism program, she loves sports, travelling, reading and photography, and when not covering tech news she can be found cuddled up on the couch with her cat and a good book.

Featured Story

How the CTO can Maintain Cloud Momentum Across the Enterprise

Embracing cloud is easy for some individuals. But embedding widespread cloud adoption at the enterprise level is...

Related Tech News

Get ITBusiness Delivered

Our experienced team of journalists brings you engaging content targeted to IT professionals and line-of-business executives delivered directly to your inbox.

Featured Tech Jobs