DiscoverJustice with Jon FaineIf an employer uses AI for hiring, who is legally responsible when it discriminates?
If an employer uses AI for hiring, who is legally responsible when it discriminates?

If an employer uses AI for hiring, who is legally responsible when it discriminates?

Update: 2025-06-30
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Melbourne Law School and host Jon Faine bring you Justice: a weekly podcast about the law behind the news.

Around two-thirds of Australian organisations use artificialintelligence computer programs to recruit new staff. But Dr Natalie Sheard,a researcher with Melbourne Law School, found that there are serious risks that AI used to screen job applicants will discriminate against women, older applicants and minority groups, eliminating them as a prospect before a humanbeing gets a chance to even see their applications. Will it all end in a class action?

 

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If an employer uses AI for hiring, who is legally responsible when it discriminates?

If an employer uses AI for hiring, who is legally responsible when it discriminates?

Melbourne Law School