Who's Involved?

Unlike Mobley v. Workday, there's no single named plaintiff here whose personal story anchors the case - this one was brought by a civil rights organization, on behalf of someone whose name hasn't been made public.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation - a nationwide, non-profit, non-partisan organization with nearly 2 million members - filed both actions described on this site. Its Racial Justice Program handled the filing, signed by three of its attorneys: Olga Akselrod (Senior Staff Attorney), Vedan Anthony-North (Karpatkin Fellow), and ReNika Moore (Director of the Racial Justice Program). For the EEOC charge specifically, the ACLU worked with outside co-counsel, the law firm Winston Cooks, LLC. (source: the ACLU's own FTC complaint)

The person the EEOC charge was filed for

The EEOC charge - a separate, earlier action from the FTC complaint - was filed on behalf of a specific individual: described in the ACLU's own filing only as "a biracial (Black/white) autistic job applicant with mental health disabilities." This person applied for a job at an employer that used Aon's ADEPT-15 and gridChallenge assessments as part of its hiring process. Their name has not been made public in anything we've found, which is normal for an EEOC charge at this stage - unlike a public lawsuit, EEOC charges are generally confidential while under investigation. The charge is described as "class-wide," meaning it's intended to cover other applicants in a similar situation, not just this one person. (source: the ACLU's own FTC complaint, paragraph 7)

Aon Consulting, Inc.

Aon Consulting, Inc. is the company both actions are about. It's a "human capital" consulting business - based at 200 E. Randolph St, Chicago, IL - that designs, markets, and administers hiring assessment tools used by employers across many industries. It's a subsidiary of Aon plc, a large global professional services firm. For more on the specific tools involved, see What is Aon. (source: the ACLU's own FTC complaint)

The employer named in the EEOC charge

The EEOC charge also names an employer that used Aon's tools during its hiring process - but unlike Aon itself, this employer is not identified by name in the ACLU's public complaint. As with the individual applicant, we won't guess at who it might be; this page will be updated if that ever becomes public.

For what's actually happened in this matter so far, see the timeline.