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ACLU v. Aon

A plain-English guide to the fight over whether Aon's hiring assessment tools - marketed as "bias-free" - actually discriminate against disabled and non-white job applicants.

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Timeline of Developments

Last development: June 1, 2024

  1. June 1, 2024
    Status Check

    Coverage confirms both the FTC complaint and EEOC charge remain pending

    Trade press coverage following the FTC complaint's filing confirms that the earlier EEOC charge is still pending as well, and notes that the administrative process at the EEOC could take several more months before any action becomes public. As of this site's most recent check, no further public action on either the FTC complaint or the EEOC charge has been confirmed - which itself is a fact worth tracking, not a gap in this page.

    Source: HR Dive
  2. May 29, 2024
    Complaint Filed

    ACLU files an FTC complaint accusing Aon of deceptive marketing

    The ACLU Foundation files a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission asking it to investigate Aon Consulting, Inc. The complaint says Aon's marketing claims that its hiring assessments are "bias-free," "fair," and have "no adverse impact" are false and deceptive, in violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act - and that in reality, three of its tools discriminate based on disability and/or race. The ACLU asks the FTC to investigate, issue an injunction, and stop the sale of the assessments until the discrimination is fixed.

    Source: ACLU's own FTC complaint (primary source)
  3. October 1, 2023
    Charge FiledDate Approximate

    ACLU files an EEOC discrimination charge against Aon and an employer (exact date not public - reported only as "late 2023")

    The date shown for this entry is a placeholder only, for sorting purposes - every source we've found describes this filing as happening in "late 2023" without giving an exact date, and we won't pretend to more precision than that. The ACLU, together with co-counsel Winston Cooks, LLC, files a class-wide charge of discrimination with the EEOC against Aon Consulting and an employer that used Aon's ADEPT-15 and gridChallenge assessment tools. The charge is brought on behalf of a biracial (Black/white) autistic job applicant with mental health disabilities who encountered the assessments while applying for a job, alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

    Source: ACLU's own FTC complaint, paragraph 7 (which references this earlier charge)