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A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
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California Court Grants Preliminary Collective Certification to Job Applicants Claiming Age Discrimination by Artificial...

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In the closely watched case Mobley v. Workday, the Northern District of California recently granted preliminary certification of a collective action for age discrimination claims against Workday’s AI-based applicant...more

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Federal Court Grants Preliminary Certification in Landmark AI Hiring Bias Case

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As businesses integrate AI tools into operations, a spike in related litigation is no surprise, especially due to the lack of formal legal precedent. Last month, a federal court in the Northern District of California provided...more

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AI Bias Lawsuit Against Workday Reaches Next Stage as Court Grants Conditional Certification of ADEA Claim

A closely watched class and collective action against the HR management services company Workday, Inc. reached a new milestone recently, when the Northern District of California conditionally certified Age Discrimination in...more

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AI Screening Tools Under Scrutiny: Federal Court Preliminarily Certifies ADEA Collective Action

In an important decision for employers who use AI software in making hiring decisions, a California federal district court granted preliminary collective certification under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) to...more

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Discrimination Lawsuit Over Workday’s AI Hiring Tools Can Proceed as Class Action: 6 Things Employers Should Do After Latest Court...

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A federal judge just allowed a job applicant’s lawsuit against Workday to move forward as a nationwide class action, ruling that the company’s AI-powered hiring tools may have had a discriminatory impact on applicants over...more

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

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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...more

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AI Workplace Screener Faces Bias Lawsuit: 5 Lessons for Employers and 5 Lessons for AI Developers

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A California federal court just allowed a frustrated job applicant to proceed with an employment discrimination lawsuit against an AI-based vendor after more than 100 employers that use the vendor’s screening tools rejected...more

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Chipping Away at Two-Step Conditional Certification in FLSA Collective Actions

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A federal district court located within the jurisdiction of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has adopted the heightened standard for certification of a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act...more

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Applicant Files Class Action Suit Over Alleged AI Tool Discrimination in Hiring

As we have previously reported (here, here and here), there are novel risks associated with employer use of AI tools in the workplace. While such tools have caught the attention of the EEOC and state and local legislatures,...more

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Annual Report on EEOC Developments – Fiscal Year 2016

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This Annual Report on EEOC Developments—Fiscal Year 2016 (hereafter “Report”), our sixth annual Report, is designed as a comprehensive guide to significant EEOC developments over the past fiscal year. The Report does not...more

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