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Workday faces lawsuit over alleged AI bias
Candidates over the age of 40 claim automation is holding them back from employment
HR SaaS company Workday is facing a collective lawsuit from several job seekers claiming AI-powered hiring tools discriminate against workers over the age of 40. The case started in February 2023, when Derek Mobley – a black ,disabled man over the age of 40 – filed a lawsuit alleging the screening tools on Workday’s platform “allow its customers to use discriminatory and subjective judgments in reviewing and evaluating employees for hire.” For example, in 2018, Amazon reportedly pulled the plug on a “sexist” hiring algorithm that favored men over women despite attempts to address the problem.
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