Unconscious bias - a podcast by TLT LLP
from 2020-09-29T07:25:39
Unconscious bias (UB) is a growing legal issue for employers. It’s widely regarded as a barrier to equality, diversity and inclusion, and employment tribunals are looking more closely at motivation and bias in discrimination and harassment cases.
While it’s been talked about for a number of years, many employers still aren’t doing enough to reduce the risk of UB infiltrating people’s decisions about candidates and colleagues.
In this episode, we discuss:
- How does UB present itself as a legal issue?
- Ways of reducing the risk, including training, recruitment models and corporate culture
- What the employment tribunal looks for
- Proving UB and a direct causal link
- Discrimination and reasonable adjustments case law
In our news section, we cover:
- Facial recognition technology and a case showing just how far organisations must go to satisfy themselves that there isn’t a risk of bias
- The breakdown of working relationships between employees, and a surprising decision that a dismissal was fair, even though there was no dismissal process
- Employment status, including a finding of “false self-employment” – a stark warning ahead of possible job losses as a result of the pandemic
- The latest predictions about the Supreme Court’s pending decision in the Uber employment status case, due later this year
We also share our views on the government’s long-term “back to work” plan, including refusal to return to work, unfair dismissal, flexible working requests and indirect sex discrimination.
Further reading:
AI – ethical considerations and the privacy legal framework
Seven top questions on returning staff to work during the pandemic
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