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By SpringLaw | 3 Minutes Read January 10, 2018

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in recruiting

artificial intelligenceStories about artificial intelligence (AI) stealing our jobs and robots going rogue have been in our collective consciousness for years. Elon Musk has also sounded the alarm bells’, calling AI the "biggest risk we face as a civilization". While he may know a few things I don’t, I can’t say that I agree. Always one to embrace technology, I think AI has great potential to be used by businesses in the HR space, such as to make hiring practices more efficient and more fair.

Article by SpringLaw / Employee Relations, Privacy / AI, AI in the workplace, applicant screening, artificial intelligence, Elon Musk, hiring practices, HR space, micro-muscle movements, Online dating sites, resumes, risk management, technology

By Simon Heath, BA, MIR, LLB, Heath Law | 3 Minutes Read September 17, 2014

Company ordered to pay $8,000.00 for discriminatory text messages during job application process

A company in Ottawa has just landed itself with a damage award from the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal and a lot of embarrassing media coverage in how one of its employees discriminated against a potential candidate for employment on the basis of “race, colour and ethnic origin” during a telephone job interview and subsequent texts. The case of Bouraoui v. Ottawa Valley Cleaning and Restoration, is a shocking example of discriminatory conduct on the part of an employer.

Article by Simon Heath, BA, MIR, LLB, Heath Law / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Human Rights / Bouraoui v. Ottawa Valley Cleaning and Restoration, comments were racist, decision about a job by text message, discrimination, discriminatory conduct on the part of an employer, discriminatory text messages, employment law, human rights code, job application process, job interview, Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, potential employers, potential job, resumes

By Occasional Contributors | 5 Minutes Read November 21, 2012

Implicit bias in the workplace studies: The HR implications

We like to think we are all fair and objective. However, implicit bias is apparent in everyone, regardless of if you accept it or not. An Implicit Association Test by Project Implicit at Harvard University reminds us that while people don’t often speak their minds, we might actually not even know our minds. Are we purposely hiding something from others, or are we implicitly hiding something from ourselves? When it comes to strategic recruitment, implicit bias plays a big role.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Finance and Accounting, Not for Profit / biased recruitment, compensation, discrimination, Discriminative recruitment actions, employers, Equal Opportunity Employer, gender, Harvard University, HR implications, human resource development, Human Resources, Implicit Association Test by Project Implicit, implicit bias, Implicit bias in the workplace studies, job postings, labour market, merit-based reward system, Meritocracy, nationality, Organizational Careers, performance evaluations, performance-reward bias, race, recruiting and hiring, resumes, salary growth, strategic recruitment, Workplace bias

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