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Class Action Job Applicants Disparate Impact

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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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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EEOC Consent Decree Over Criminal History Background Checks Serves as a Reminder to Employers to Take a Fresh Look at Their...

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Seyfarth Synopsis: After six years of litigation, on November 18, 2019, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced a multimillion-dollar settlement with a national employer, which resolved litigation that...more

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Is Your Website Accessible to Disabled Online Job Seeker?

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On March 22, 2019, a federal judge permitted an Ohio man’s class action lawsuit to proceed against Ford Motor Company. The lawsuit alleges the company discriminated against disabled job applicants because its online job...more

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U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California Holds that Job Applicants May Bring Disparate Impact Claims under ADEA

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On February 17, 2017, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California held that job applicants could proceed with their disparate impact claim brought under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act...more

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