( November 10, 2026, 23:09 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Workday is asking a US judge to deny class certification in a lawsuit alleging its AI hiring tools discriminate against Black applicants, women, people with disabilities and applicants aged 40 and older. The company argues that employers configure and use its tools differently, making the claims unsuitable for a single class action. It also challenges the applicants' statistical analysis and says they have not shown that its AI evaluated or harmed them, or caused discriminatory hiring outcomes. "The three challenged features were built by different companies, trained on different data, and operate differently across customers, jobs, and time," Workday said.See attached document....
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