BiasHigh
Workday's AI Tools Allegedly Enabled Employers to Discriminate against Applicants of Protected Groups
- Occurred
- Jun 3, 2019
- Published
- Feb 23, 2023
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Workday's algorithmic screening systems were alleged in a lawsuit allowing employers to discriminate against African-Americans, people over 40, and people with disabilities.
Developers
- Workday
Deployers
- Workday
Harmed parties
- Derek Mobley
- applicants with disabilities
- applicants over 40
- African American applicants
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Lawsuit alleges algorithmic discrimination against protected groups, constituting a significant legal and ethical incident.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8