AI in hiring, responsibly
How to tell a consumer report from hiring software, using the EEOC and Justice Department guidance and New York City's automated employment decision tool law.
- 49 min
- 7 modules + exam
- Certificate of completion
For employers, HR, and hiring managers in the United States.
What you will be able to do
- Describe this product's report as a consumer report a person reads
- Name what New York City requires before an automated employment decision tool screens candidates
- Keep identifiers and reports out of the order assistant
Syllabus
- 1This check is not an automated hiring scoreScreenForge Labs prepares a consumer report. A person at your company still makes the employment decision.7 min(open)
- 2What the federal guidance means by hiring technologyThe EEOC and the Justice Department describe tools that advertise, screen, test, interview, or score. Those examples are not this report.8 min
- 3Disability discrimination does not pause because software ranThe ADA guidance says a tool can screen people out because of disability, and that reasonable accommodation still exists.7 min
- 4New York City's automated employment decision tool lawLocal Law 144 applies to a tool that substantially assists or replaces discretion. A spreadsheet that does not do that is outside the definition.9 min
- 5What the order assistant doesIt can fill name, contact, city, state, and position. It does not send the invite, and a Social Security number in the box is removed before a model call.7 min
- 6Habits that keep a person on the decisionDo not auto-reject from a label. Do not hide a second tool. Do not feed a report to a model.6 min
- 7The certificate does not classify your other toolsPassing means you finished the lesson. It does not bless a vendor.5 min
- Final exam10 questions. 80% passes. Opens after the last module.
- Certificate of completionYour name, the course, and the date, with a public page anyone can check.
Sources
The primary sources this course is written from.
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Artificial intelligence and the ADA
- U.S. Department of Justice: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, and Disability Discrimination in Hiring
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Employment Discrimination and AI for Workers
- NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection: Automated Employment Decision Tools FAQ
- New York City Administrative Code: Sections 20-870 and 20-871, automated employment decision tools
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