AI Screening of Pandemic Job Seekers Opens Door for Bias Claims

Here are the day’s top coronavirus stories from the team at Bloomberg Law:

• AI HIRING TOOLS: Companies are making more use of algorithmic hiring tools to screen a flood of job applicants during the coronavirus pandemic amid questions about whether they introduce new forms of bias into the early vetting process. The tools are designed to more efficiently filter out candidates who don’t meet certain job-related criteria, but that efficiency comes with a price, attorneys and technologists say.
• AID DEADLINE: Companies have until midnight today to apply for the loans made available by the Paycheck Protection Program, administered by ...