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Anna Nilsson

Associate senior lecturer

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Post Hoc Interventions and Swedish Discrimination Law

Author

  • Anna Nilsson

Summary, in English

This chapter discusses the implications of discrimination law for the use of post hoc interventions during recruitment processes that involve the ranking of job candidates. It argues that such interventions may assist employers in preventing direct and indirect discrimination by alerting recruiters, and others responsible for hiring decisions, to the fact that biases may have influenced the recruitment process. In doing so, such interventions at the very least provide recruiters with a good reason to take a second look at their ranking choices and to reflect on whether the choices can be justified. The chapter also examines the circumstances in which employers that rely on incorrect recommendations from post hoc interventions can be held liable for discrimination.

Department/s

  • Law and Vulnerabilities
  • Human Rights Law
  • Health Law
  • Public International Law
  • Department of Law

Publishing year

2023

Language

English

Publication/Series

Post Hoc Interventions: Prospects and Problems

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Lund University

Topic

  • Law

Keywords

  • Discrimination law
  • Decision-making support
  • Statistical discrimination
  • Bias reduction
  • Diskrimineringsrätt

Status

Published

Research group

  • Law and Vulnerabilities
  • Human Rights Law
  • Health Law
  • Public International Law