Active Investigation

Rejected by an AI Hiring Tool or AI-enabled Applicant Tracking System in California?

Your personal data – including online activity, resume information, or publicly available content – may have been used to make hiring decisions without your knowledge.

About This Investigation

Outten & Golden is investigating whether applicants were unfairly rejected through AI-driven hiring tools used on hiring platforms like Workable, a platform used by thousands of employers to collect job applications and evaluate candidates.

Many employers rely on automated systems to screen candidates using external data, automated scoring, data profiles, or third-party information – often without giving applicants the chance to review or challenge the decision. California law requires fairness in hiring decisions. Applicants who were rejected based on flawed or unreviewable AI processes may be entitled to relief.

We are investigating potential claims involving Workable-based hiring decisions affecting California applicants within the past two years, including at companies such as Capgemini, Keywords Studios, Millennium Hotels and Resorts, Agile Robots, Ascendis Pharma, and BKF Engineering.

If you were rejected under these circumstances, we encourage you to explore if any of your rights were violated. Reach out today for a free, confidential consultation.

How AI May Be Impacting Hiring Decisions

AI tools are increasingly being used to evaluate resumes, rank candidates, and make hiring recommendations. While these tools can streamline hiring, they may also:

  • Rely on incomplete or inaccurate data
  • Reinforce existing biases
  • Produce results that are difficult or impossible for applicants to understand
  • Prevent applicants from correcting errors that affect hiring outcomes

When used without transparency or proper safeguards, these systems may unfairly excluded qualified candidates from job opportunities.

A critical new front in the fight against AI abuses in the labor market

Workers’ rights advocates at Outten & Golden and Towards Justice have filed a first-in-the-nation class action lawsuit against Eightfold AI Inc., a global artificial intelligence company whose platform allegedly generates secretive, AI‑driven “consumer reports” on job applicants—often without their knowledge, consent, or any opportunity to correct errors—before the reports are used to screen them for jobs. According to the complaint, Eightfold’s technology quietly operates behind the scenes of online job applications at some of the nation’s largest employers.

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