Lawsuit claims Workday's AI job screening technology discriminates against people

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Scripps News

Posted 2:22 PM, May 23, 2025


Workday, the human resources software company, is facing a collective action lawsuit alleging discrimination in its job screening technology, raising new concerns about the usage of artificial intelligence. The lawsuit claims the company's algorithms and AI tools systematically rejected older job applicants. It could potentially set a precedent for how companies can use certain types of automated hiring systems.

Derek Mobley initiated the lawsuit against Workday in 2023, claiming the tech firm's software caused him to be rejected from more than 100 jobs on the platform over seven years. The rejections, he claims, are because of his age, race and disabilities.

Four additional plaintiffs — all over the age of 40 — have since joined the lawsuit with age discrimination allegations.

Together, the group claims they submitted hundreds of job applications through Workday and were rejected each time, sometimes within minutes or hours.

Read more: https://www.scrippsnews.com/science-and-tech/artificial-intelligence/lawsuit-claims-workdays-ai-job-screening-technology-discriminates-against-people

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Link to LAWSUIT (PDF) - https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25947837/us-dis-cand-3-23cv770-d227363983e4833-order-by-judge-rita-f-lin-granting-106-preliminary.pdf

[Karasu]

1. Fuck AI. Federal regulation NOW.

[Captain Zero]

3. Age is the biggest discrimination factor.

I've said this for years.

40+ has spouse and kids on company insurance. 50+ has increased health concerns and is not good on company insurance.

I imagine AI can go through resumes quickly And efficiently to discern age and just drop them right to the bottom.

[Oneironaut]

2. 'We didn't discriminate! It was the AI!'

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Hence the effort to get around AI with boss hunting techniques

which run into customized resumes and endless focus on word choice, order, AI tweaks of skills vs requirements.

No wonder remote and self-employment is so popular.