Last week, both the DOJ and the EEOC issued technical assistance memorandums/documents detailing their concerns about using AI in employment. It definitely made big news. As someone who knows individuals have gone through AI processes in hiring, these guidances are not surprising as one just had to figure that AI was being used to screen
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Job Relatedness and Business Necessity Revisited
By William Goren on
Hope everybody had a great holiday season and happy new year to all! Back to the grind:-)
The blog entry for the week explores two different cases dealing with disability related inquiries and medical exams of employees. The cases are from the Seventh Circuit and from the District Court of the District of Columbia.…
Before doing a postemployment medical exam, do you need reasonable suspicion, probable cause, good cause, none of the above?
By William Goren on
Posted in Federal Cases, Title I
The ADA requires that an entity subject to the act cannot require a medical examination and cannot make inquiries of an employee as to whether that employee is an individual with a disability or as to the nature of the severity of the employee’s disability unless that examination or inquiry is job-related and consistent with…