A female truckers association is accusing Meta Platforms of algorithmic bias, alleging its Facebook platform selectively shows job advertisements based on users’ gender and age, with older workers far ...

Help-wanted advertisements with buzzwords like “energetic,” “fast-paced,” “digital native” and “fresh perspectives” abound. But these potentially ageist descriptors are problematic at best — and ...

Job advertisements turn into legal minefields faster than companies realize. Innocent-looking words explode into expensive lawsuits when age-related language creeps into postings like uninvited guests ...

A few weeks ago, Verizon placed an ad on Facebook to recruit applicants for a unit focused on financial planning and analysis. The ad showed a smiling, millennial-aged woman seated at a computer and ...

(CNN)Facebook-parent Meta is facing four new complaints from human rights groups in Europe alleging that the algorithm it uses to target users with companies' job advertisements is discriminatory, ...

Earlier this month, when LinkedIn started seeding “AI-powered conversation starters” in people’s news feeds to boost engagement on its platform, the move saw more than little engagement of its own, ...

“People of color just don’t apply.” “The problem is the pipeline.” “Well, it’s a small town, so of course it’s hard to recruit Black and Latinx staff—there’s nothing we can do about that.” If you’ve ...

Studies suggest that employers discriminate against older workers in hiring, responding less favorably to equally qualified job applicants who are older. Employers may also limit hiring of older ...

Facebook Inc. disproportionately shows certain types of job ads to men and women, researchers have found, calling into question the company’s progress in rooting out bias in its algorithms. The study ...

What job seekers are seeing–and what companies are still figuring out with varying levels of success–are the effects of a new pay transparency law that kicked in on November 1. The new law, which ...

'It's ageism - which is just bias in a cheap suit' Ageism is harder to prove following a 2009 Supreme Court decision. Help-wanted advertisements with buzzwords like "energetic," "fast-paced," "digital ...