<ul><li>A federal judge ruled that Workday Inc. must face a collective-action lawsuit alleging age discrimination by its artificial intelligence-based applicant recommendation system.</li><li>Judge Rita Lin granted preliminary certification of a collective action as applicants were allegedly required to compete on unequal footing due to discriminatory AI recommendations.</li><li>The class will include individuals aged 40 and over who were denied employment recommendations through Workday's job application platform from Sept. 24, 2000, onwards.</li><li>Workday believes the case is without merit and stated that once the facts are presented, the plaintiff's claims will likely be dismissed, despite Judge Lin ordering cooperation to identify potential class members.</li></ul>

Judge allows Workday AI bias lawsuit to proceed as collective action

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