Discriminating Job Applicants Through Algorithmic Decision-Making
13 Pages Posted: 17 May 2019
Date Written: January 1, 2019
Abstract
As an increasing number of hiring(-related) decisions have delegated to algorithms, the author explores the question to what extent EU non-discrimination laws, in combination with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) No. 2016/679 (‘GDPR’), provide (unsuccessful) job applicants with sufficient legal means to address any discriminatory or biased automated decision taken by an employer.
Keywords: discrimination, algorithms, cv parsing, EU non-discrimination laws, data protection
JEL Classification: K31 Labor Law
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Kullmann, Miriam and Kullmann, Miriam, Discriminating Job Applicants Through Algorithmic Decision-Making (January 1, 2019). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3373533 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3373533
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