AI recruitment tools are rapidly becoming the first filter in high‑volume hiring, but their unintended consequences risk excluding millions of disabled people from work. Just imagine: you lose your dream job because your stammer made you go 15 seconds over the video interview limit and the algorithm automatically rejects you. The submission highlights how standardised… Continue reading The Use of Artificial Intelligence and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
Category: Legal and regulatory
What expect from regulators and advocates beginning to bring disability discrimination into the Ethical & Responsible AI debate
AI may discriminate against you at work. Some states are making it illegal.
In the Washington Post article (December 1, 2025) concerns were raised about AI in hiring and promotions. While employers hope it makes decisions fairer, AI often mirrors existing workforce patterns, disadvantaging disabled people, older workers, and other under‑represented groups. California regulations now make clear that discrimination laws apply to algorithmic decisions, holding employers responsible even… Continue reading AI may discriminate against you at work. Some states are making it illegal.
The unintended consequences of AI-enabled HR
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
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
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
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