Roundup: Mitigating bias in AI; Minimum wage; Religious accommodation; Offensive words; Criminal background checks

One set of data that seems to be missing from much of people analytics on diversity and hiring is demographic data on recruiters and hiring managers. If we want to clearly see hiring outcomes with tech and analytics, we can't just clean the data to mitigate bias, we also need to expand the data to cover the full system. It's not just the data; it's the deciders. (Not you, of course.).

Why are voters deciding issues like minimum wage and paid sick leave instead of legislatures? The short answer is because legislatures haven't kept up with what it takes to survive.

I think most of us would agree that if you go to the hospital to have your gall bladder removed, catching contagious diseases from your care providers is not good for your recovery and may cause serious complications. But what if a healthcare worker refuses to be vaccinated against contagious disease on religious grounds?.

This is a great article on terms that have special meaning to Native American and Indigenous people.And that means they are not good choices for the next metaphorical corporate buzzwords.
California's New Independent Contractor Law

With criminal convictions, and background checks in general, context matters. It's important to consider the whole person and the big picture. On the other hand, if you're hiring a CFO and they have multiple embezzlement convictions, go ahead and wish them good luck in their future endeavors.