Class and Social Background Discrimination in the Modern Workplace : Mapping Inequality in the Digital Age

Capuano, Angelo

ISBN 10: 152922294X / ISBN 13: 9781529222944

Published by Bristol University Press, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Class and Social Background Discrimination in the Modern Workplace : Mapping Inequality in the Digital Age
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 152922294X
• ISBN 13: 9781529222944
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book exposes how inequalities based on class and social background arise from employment practices in the digital age. It considers instances where social media is used in recruitment to infiltrate private lives and hide job advertisements based on locality; where algorithms assess socio-economic data to filter candidates; where human interviewers are replaced by artificial intelligence with design that disadvantages users of classed language; and where already vulnerable groups become victims of digitalisation and remote work.

The author examines whether these practices create risks of discrimination based on certain protected attributes, including ‘social origin’ in international labour law and laws in Australia and South Africa, ‘social condition’ and ‘family status’ in laws within Canada, and others. The book proposes essential law reform and improvements to workplace policy.

About the Author

Angelo Capuano is a Lecturer in Law at Central Queensland University. His published work on discrimination law has been used in court and tribunal decisions in Australia and South Africa, including by the Constitutional Court of South Africa. Outside of academia, Angelo has years of practical experience as a government lawyer, court researcher and judge’s associate.