EARN/PEAT ‘Checklist for Employers: Facilitating the Hiring of People with Disabilities Through the Use of eRecruiting Screening Systems, Including AI’. More and more companies recognize that a workforce representative of the population at large results in a more effective and innovative organization. Reflecting this, many are taking proactive steps to increase the recruitment, hiring, advancement,… Continue reading EARN/PEAT Checklist for Employers: Facilitating the Hiring of People with Disabilities
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Use of Artificial Intelligence to facilitate employment opportunities for people with disabilities
Use of Artificial Intelligence to facilitate employment opportunities for people with disabilities – A policy brief from the Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion (EARN). The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace is becoming commonplace, including the use of AI to screen applicants, streamline the application process, provide on-the-job training, disseminate… Continue reading Use of Artificial Intelligence to facilitate employment opportunities for people with disabilities
Algorithm-driven Hiring Tools: Innovative Recruitment or Expedited Disability Discrimination?
Algorithm-driven Hiring Tools: Innovative Recruitment or Expedited Disability Discrimination? The Centre for Democracy & Technology. Algorithm-driven hiring tools have grown increasingly prevalent in recent years. Thousands of job-seekers across the United States are now asked to record videos that employers mine for facial and vocal cues. Employers using these tools seek a fast and efficient… Continue reading Algorithm-driven Hiring Tools: Innovative Recruitment or Expedited Disability Discrimination?
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Use of Software, Algorithms, and Artificial Intelligence
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Use of Software, Algorithms, and Artificial Intelligence to Assess Job Applicants and Employees Issuing Authority This technical assistance document was issued upon approval of the Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, discusses how existing ADA requirements may apply to the use of artificial intelligence (AI)… Continue reading The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Use of Software, Algorithms, and Artificial Intelligence
New York City Passes Bill to Address Bias in AI-Based Hiring Tools
New York City Passes Bill to Address Bias in AI-Based Hiring Tools. The New York City Council has passed a bill meant to address bias in AI-based hiring tools. If the bill is enacted, it will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2023. That gives vendors, employers, and employment agencies over a year to make… Continue reading New York City Passes Bill to Address Bias in AI-Based Hiring Tools
European Disability Forum (EDF) Position Paper on EU proposal for regulating Artificial Intelligence
European Disability Forum (EDF) Position Paper on EU proposal for regulating Artificial Intelligence EDF welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for regulating Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the EU. The proposed Regulation for AI will help ensure protection of fundamental rights of persons with disabilities in the context of new technologies. The Regulation can also help promote… Continue reading European Disability Forum (EDF) Position Paper on EU proposal for regulating Artificial Intelligence
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities on Artificial Intelligence
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities on Artificial Intelligence – published December 2021. The Special Rapporteur’s report on Artificial intelligence and the rights of persons with disabilities addresses the rapid growth in the use of artificial intelligence, automated decision-making and machine-learning technologies from a disability rights perspective. These new… Continue reading Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities on Artificial Intelligence
Designing AI Applications to Treat People with Disabilities Fairly
Designing AI Applications to Treat People with Disabilities Fairly by Shari Trewin and Yves Veulliet, IBM. AI solutions must account for everyone. As artificial intelligence becomes pervasive, high profile cases of racial or gender bias have emerged. Discrimination against people with disabilities is a longstanding problem in society. It could be reduced by technology or… Continue reading Designing AI Applications to Treat People with Disabilities Fairly
AI Powered Unfair Recruitment by Susan Scott-Parker OBE HonD
AI Powered Unfair Recruitment by Susan Scott-Parker OBE HonD. Recruiters are increasingly using AI Screening to recruit people who match as ‘microanalytically’ as possible the company’s ‘Ideal Hire’: that is, who match someone who already works for them. Disabled people, are at least twice as likely as anyone else to be excluded from the labour… Continue reading AI Powered Unfair Recruitment by Susan Scott-Parker OBE HonD
Students Are Rebelling Against Eye-Tracking Exam Surveillance Tools
Students Are Rebelling Against Eye-Tracking Exam Surveillance Tools by Todd Feathers and Janus Rose. Invasive test-taking software has become mandatory in many places, and some companies are retaliating against those who speak out. One major point of contention between proctoring companies and university communities has been the algorithmic techniques the software uses to detect potential… Continue reading Students Are Rebelling Against Eye-Tracking Exam Surveillance Tools