Anna Nilsson
Associate senior lecturer
Post Hoc Interventions and Swedish Discrimination Law
Author
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