discrimination

“Algorithms also get tested and refined, and some even shift to adapt to what happens over time, because the algorithms have instructions on how and when to do that. But fundamentally, the testing is not to determine...

Note: Includes spoilers for OWN’s Greenleaf. Based on praise from various friends and colleagues, the lovely Mrs. Reed and I recently began watching Greenleaf, a series on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) that ran from...

  Ronan Farrow’s “Catch and Kill” is the story of the writing of his now-famous piece about Harvey Weinstein. Anyone involved in HR should read it. (Spoiler alert – HR doesn’t fare well in this telling.)...

By Aydan Greatrick, University College London and University of Leeds, and Martin Zebracki, University of Leeds LGBT+ History Month presents an opportunity for us to discuss some of the challenges LGBTQ+* researchers...

Ifeoma Ozoma, a former Pinterest employee who alleged racial and gender discrimination at the company, is co-leading new legislation with California State Senator Connie Leyva and others to empower those who experience...

Demonstrators gesture and shout slogans during a protest rally against a new citizenship law, after Friday prayers in New Delhi, India, December 27, 2019 Danish Siddiqui/Reuters Race, caste, and religion still...

 Google just announced that it will be paying a sum of $2.5 million to over 5,500 employees and job applicants affected by alleged systematic pay and hiring discrimination. The decision was made after the US Department...

Heather Bussing asks, “Can a workplace recover from discrimination or harassment or whistleblower drama?” It seems that second chances are never evenly distributed and resentments have a long half-life. What can HR...

Enlarge (credit: Sean Gallup | Getty Images) Google has agreed to a $3.8 million settlement with federal regulators to settle allegations that it both underpaid women software engineers and unfairly passed over women...

Comedy Central; Samantha Lee/Insider 15 current and former Comedy Central employees on the creative team told Insider they witnessed or experienced discriminatory behavior at the company.  Visit Business Insider's...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Hannibal Hanschke-Pool/Getty Images Last year, an applicant said SpaceX discriminated against him because of his citizenship status. Since then, the DoJ has been investigating SpaceX's hiring...

Scientists have leveraged big data from recruitment platforms and machine learning to study hiring discrimination. They find that discrimination against immigrants depends, among other things, on the time of day, and...

A general view of the court honoring Martin Luther King Day is seen prior to an NBA basketball between the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Atlanta Hawks on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, in Atlanta. Todd Kirkland/AP...

Shareholders are at risk of being treated differently and unfairly over dividend payments during the coronavirus pandemic, Lynsey Burke, senior associate at law firm Nelsons has warned.  The Covid-19 crisis is having...

A real watershed was represented by the recent ruling of the Court of Bologna, in Italy, concerning the application of an algorithmic system of reputational ranking to Deliveroo riders: this artificial intelligence...

“Allowing machines to participate in and perhaps even dictate decisions in Human Resources raises a host of ethical considerations. After all, these systems control various forms of opportunity for the workforce. More...