Automated Employment Decision System

A software system that screens, evaluates, categorises, recommends, or otherwise makes or facilitates hiring or employment decisions about job candidates or workers. AEDSs span résumé sorters, personality tests, gamified cognitive assessments, situational-judgement tests, emotional-intelligence tests, and AI-scored video interviews. They are the focus of emerging regulation (e.g., NYC Local Law 144, the EU AI Act) and have been shown to produce discriminatory outcomes for disabled applicants, who are routinely screened out by inaccessible interfaces and by scoring that penalises non-normative communication, facial expression, or reaction time.