Ten U.S. senators are asking the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to hone in on employers’ use of artificial intelligence, machine-learning, and other hiring technologies that may result in discrimination.
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On Monday, the United States Supreme Court ruled that claims brought by African American firefighters who had sued the City of Chicago alleging that a hiring test was discriminatory were not time barred. Lewis v. City of Chicago, No. 08-974, 560 U.S. ___ (2010). The City conceded that its use of the hiring test was unlawful, but argued that the firefighters claims were untimely. Addressing only the statute of limitations issue, the Court issued a unanimous decision in favor of the firefighters, holding that the firefighters timely filed a disparate impact claim based on the continued use of the hiring test.
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