Algorithmic Discrimination At Work

As the use of AI becomes increasingly common in the workplace, and with calls for stricter oversight to protect employee rights, employers should be mindful of potential discrimination risks.?

Algorithmic discrimination at work

AI and particularly the use of algorithms is being implemented in a number of ways in the workplace, whether during the recruitment process, as part of a means of assessing performance, determining pay and promotions, and even as part of the selection process for redundancies (so-called 'robo-firings'). However, it is important to remember that bias and, indeed, unlawful discrimination can occur for a number of reasons when using AI, including as a result of the objectives set for the algorithm, the data on which the algorithm is trained, the (often opaque) causal links identified by the algorithm, or the data used when running the algorithm.