Disability Bias in Hiring2022
EEOC + DOJ: AI hiring tools can violate ADA unintentionally (2022)
The US EEOC and DOJ issued joint guidance in May 2022 warning that AI hiring tools - resume scanners, video-interview AI, gamified assessments - can violate the ADA by screening out qualified disabled applicants, even when bias is unintentional.
Primary source
US EEOC + DOJ joint technical assistance
https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/guidance/americans-disabilities-act-and-use-software-algorithms-and-artificial-intelligencePublished 2022 — compiled by JobCannon Research.
Why this stat matters
This figure belongs to the disability bias in hiringvertical of JobCannon's ongoing review of hiring, AI, and career-outcome research. We track it because it is one of the few primary-source estimates with a published sample, methodology, or legal record. Cite the original source first; this page exists to make the figure easy to find and link to.
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