Know Your Digital Rights: Digital Discrimination in Hiring Workshop

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) will be visiting BPL's Business and Career Center with a workshop based on their resource, Know Your Digital Rights: Digital Discrimination in Hiring. 

In this workshop, participants will learn how automated screening tools are used in the hiring process and the impact this can have on job applicants. The workshop will also review federal, state and city regulations in place to protect job seekers from discrimination, including digital discrimination. 

From the website:

"Equal access to job opportunities is a core component of economic justice. Increasingly, employers are using automated tools in their hiring processes, including for advertising job opportunities, screening applications, assessing candidates, and conducting interviews. These tools can perpetuate existing bias in hiring and employment or enable new kinds of digital discrimination based on race, gender, disability, and other protected characteristics in ways that may be difficult to detect. However, there are various existing local, state, and federal laws that protect you from discrimination, including digital discrimination, and may give you some control over how your data is used by employers. Learn more about how automated tools are used in the hiring process and your digital rights under these laws."