37% of employees say their workplace has an AI policy – Reward Gateway | Edenred

Research from Reward Gateway | Edenred found a clear gap between HR teams and employees on policies for using artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace. 

Just 37% of employees said their business had some form of policy or guidance in place, compared to 68% of HR teams.

When asked about AI policy, 16% of employees said their workplace had a formal policy, 21% said there were informal guidelines, 17% said a policy was being developed, and 26% said there were no plans for one. 

Among HR teams, 37% said there was a formal policy, 31% had informal guidelines, 23% were working on one, and 7% had no plans.

More than a third of HR teams said they use AI to organise training on the technology. 

Eight in 10 HR managers said they had implemented some form of training, with 41% providing formal training and 40% providing informal training. 

22% said they had not provided any training but planned to do so in the future.

Chris Britton, director of people experience at Reward Gateway | Edenred, said: “Learning and developing new skills is an important part of the workplace, not just to promote resilience within employees but also to boost engagement and performance.