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63 St. Louis U. L.J. 93 (2018-2019)
Discrimination in Online Employment Recruiting

handle is hein.journals/stlulj63 and id is 105 raw text is: DISCRIMINATION IN ONLINE EMPLOYMENT RECRUITING PAULINE T. KIM* AND SHARION SCOTT** ABSTRACT Employment recruitment is increasingly moving online as employers use Facebook and other social media platforms to advertise job opportunities. This shift to online advertising allows employers to more precisely target workers likely to apply, but also raises concerns about unfair exclusion. This essay explains the mechanisms through which online recruiting can produce discriminatory effects and examines the question of when employers will be liable under existing employment discrimination laws. Both Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act contain little- noticed provisions that specifically forbid discriminatory advertising, in addition to their general prohibitions on taking adverse employment actions because of a protected characteristic. We examine whether or how these provisions might apply to online targeted advertising and also whether employers' recruiting practices might support claims of disparate treatment or disparate impact discrimination. We conclude that ample room exists within existing doctrine to address the most egregious practices; however, it is less certain whether current law is adequate to reach all forms of targeted recruitment with significant discriminatory effects. * Daniel Noyes Kirby Professor of Law, Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri. ** J.D., Washington University School of Law; Law Clerk to the Honorable Nannette Jolivette Brown, Eastern District of Louisiana. 93

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