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Stanford University researchers identified a systemic rejection rate by a popular hiring algorithm, and a Chicago club will pay to settle U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission allegations of race and sex discrimination.
Here’s a closer look at those numbers and some of the others making headlines in the HR world.
By the numbers
4
The number of years before AI will cut the number of customer service jobs in half, per Forrester.
10%
The systemic rejection rate by a Pymetrics algorithm of all candidates who submitted at least four applications, researchers at Stanford University found.
23%
The share of organizations using an HCM system that said the systems had “meaningfully reduced manual payroll tasks.”
64%
The percentage of the rise in unemployment among recent college graduates for which remote work may be responsible, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
$200,000
The amount Chicago-based Admiral Theatre will pay to settle EEOC claims that the venue discriminated against adult dancers on the basis of race and sex, per court documents.
