( November 10, 2026, 22:59 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Workday is asking a federal judge to decertify an age-discrimination collective involving more than 15,000 job applicants. The company argues that the applicants have not shown its AI tools unfairly screened out older candidates, or even evaluated most of their applications. It says employers use the software differently and make their own hiring decisions, so the claims require individual review. Workday wants the claims of applicants who joined the collective dismissed without prejudice, leaving them free to pursue separate cases. "Eighteen months after preliminary certification, Plaintiffs have a heavier burden: they must prove, by substantial evidence, that the 15,000+ opt-in Plaintiffs are similarly situated in ways that are material to their claims," Workday said. "They cannot."See attached file....
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