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

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

Name: Class and Social Background Discrimination in the Modern Workplace: Mapping Inequality in the Digital Age
Brand: Bristol University Press
SKU: 9781529222951
Price: 398.00 HKD
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Author: Angelo Capuano
ISBN: 9781529222951

By Angelo Capuano

Bristol University Press July 2025

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ISBN-13: 9781529222951
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Publication: July 2025
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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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.

1. Class and Social Background Discrimination: An Introduction

2. Unravelling the Meaning of ‘Social Origin’ Discrimination in Conventions of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and its Applications in the Digital Age

3. Mapping the Legal Landscape in Australia, South Africa, Canada and New Zealand and its Applications in the Digital Age

4. Social Media in Hiring and Firing Decisions

5. Automated Candidate Screening, Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence in Recruitment

6. Platform Work and the Post-Pandemic Shift to Remote Work

7. Making Future Workplaces Fairer and More Equitable

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