Workday vrea ca cererile de recrutare părtinitoare rasial să fie respinse

Workday vrea ca cererile de recrutare părtinitoare rasial să fie respinse

Marca temporală: 21 iulie 2023, ora 5:34
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HR and financial management software vendor Workday has moved to dismiss a class action case which alleges it produced a screening system resulting in racial bias.

The SaaS company says the case is without merit after it was acuzat in February of building algorithms that have resulted in bias against Black applicants in their 40s.

The lawsuit was filed at the Northern District Court of California, alleging Workday “unlawfully offers an algorithm-based applicant screening system that determines whether an employer should accept or reject an application for employment based on the individual’s race, age, and/or disability.”

plângere colectivă [PDF] – care încearcă să reprezinte alți solicitanți care ar fi putut fi afectați – provine din presupusa experiență a lui Derek Mobley, un bărbat de culoare peste 40 de ani care suferă de anxietate și depresie. Documentele instanței arată că, din 2018, Mobley a aplicat pentru 80-100 de posturi la companii care folosesc Workday ca instrument de screening de recrutare.

Reclamantul susține că sistemele AI și instrumentele de screening ale Workday se bazează pe algoritmi și intrări create de oameni care au adesea „motivații încorporate, conștiente și inconștiente, de a discrimina”.

Workday’s lawyers this week moved to dismiss the complaint for legal reasons in papers [PDF] filed with the court. These include that the plaintiff failed to state a claim upon which relief can be granted in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) and for failure to “exhaust administrative remedies,” meaning they did not exhaust all the potential remedies with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a lower body.

The court documents also state: “[The] Plaintiff fails to explain how whatever practice he is challenging would work to create a disparity concerning any protected class [group protected by anti-discrimination laws]. He alleges no causal mechanism at all other than the unspecific suggestion that customers could theoretically import subjectivity or bias into their use of Workday’s tools.”

Workday has applied for its motion to be heard by a judge in September.

A Workday spokesperson told Registrul: “We believe this lawsuit is without merit. As stated in the motion to dismiss filed on July 17, the complaint is completely devoid of factual allegations and assertions that support the claim.”

In a statement issued to us in February, Workday said it was “committed to trustworthy AI” and acts “responsibly and transparently in the design and delivery” of its AI solutions “to support equitable recommendations.”

“We engage in a risk-based review process throughout our product lifecycle to help mitigate any unintended consequences, as well as extensive legal reviews to help ensure compliance with regulations,” a spokesperson added. ®

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