CXR Recruiting Community Podcast: Risks to employers and vendors due to AI-powered hiring systems

Join cohosts Chris Hoyt and Gerry Crispin of CareerXroads (CXR) as they catch up with industry friend, Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter, to talk about regulatory changes, recent lawsuits such as Mobley vs Workday, and some of the latest chatter on the risk of “AI-enabled” solutions already in play for many big companies.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has, under Commission Keith Sonderling, taken the position that hiring platforms such as applicant tracking system (ATS) Workday and even job boards such as DHI Group’s Dice are liable under longstanding, anti-discrimination laws if they get into the process of screening and selection of candidates.

Staffing companies have long understood that they’re legally liable under those same laws, as did the employers who chose to work with those staffing companies. But now, if the EEOC’s position prevails, so are tech platforms such as ATS, job boards, assessment companies, and others…and the employers who choose to work with them.