Job Applicant Seeks to Expand AI Workplace Screener Lawsuit into a National Class Action: Should Employers and AI Developers Be Worried?

A frustrated job applicant who won court approval to advance his employment discrimination lawsuit against an AI-based vendor is now looking to ratchet up the pressure and expand his claim into a national class action. His initial argument: Workday’s AI screening tools unfairly led him to be rejected from hundreds of jobs because of his race, age, and disability status. His new argument? Millions of applicants over the age of 40 who were also rejected by Workday’s AI system since September 2020…
By: Fisher Phillips