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Recruitment
AI filters applications or ranks candidates for interview.
High-risk AI guide · Annex III
Annex III point 4
High-risk AI in HR and employment
AI in HR needs early classification because recruitment, monitoring, task allocation and performance tooling can directly affect people.
What falls in scope?
Recruitment, selection, matching and candidate assessment.
Targeted job ads, filtering, ranking and interview analysis.
Promotion, termination, employment terms, task allocation or monitoring.
People analytics that affects individual opportunities or warnings.
When to review first?
CV screening or candidate ranking
Interview or assessment analysis
Performance scoring or behaviour monitoring
Vendor claims about AI Act or bias
What should a first review deliver?
Use-case map per HR workflow
First high-risk classification
Bias, GDPR and transparency questions
30/60/90-day evidence route
Recognisable situations
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Monitoring
A tool assesses individual performance or behaviour patterns.
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Task allocation
AI assigns work based on predicted productivity or suitability.
Based on official sources
This page is a practical guide for first classification and preparation. For legal decisions, a full system and context review remains necessary.
Other Annex III areas
Annex III point 5
Essential services
Could the AI make access to an essential service easier, harder or more expensive?
High-risk AI in essential servicesAnnex III point 3
Education
Does the AI support learning, or does it help decide something about a learner?
High-risk AI in educationAnnex III point 1
Biometrics
Can this biometric AI system be used at all, or does a prohibition need to be checked first?
High-risk AI in biometricsAnnex III point 2
Critical infrastructure
Does the AI influence safety, availability or priority for a critical service?
High-risk AI in critical infrastructureMake this concrete for your systems.
Start with the Gap Intake and share which AI systems, suppliers and processes are in scope. Then we can sharpen the classification and first evidence route.