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.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."[PDF] – which seeks to represent other applicants who may have been affected – stems from the alleged experience of Derek Mobley, a Black man over 40 who suffers from anxiety and depression.
The plaintiff claims that Workday's AI systems and screening tools rely on algorithms and inputs created by humans who often have"built-in motivations, conscious and unconscious, to discriminate."[PDF] filed with the court.