Bias Affects the Bottom Line
Hiring decisions should be based on merit, yet unconscious biases often influence the candidates that are selected for employment. This can lead to missed opportunities for diverse talent which effects the company’s bottom line and further impacts the credibility and inclusivity of the business. Further, bias in hiring can lead to legal liabilities and reputational harm.
How Attorneys & Companies Can Mitigate Unconscious Bias
In this highly practical CLE, Employment Law Litigation attorney Mila Arutunian shares her experience & guidance on how companies can avoid unconscious bias in hiring and recruiting potential employees.
How Implicit Bias Affects Hiring & Employment Decisions
Mila will mainly discuss the following topics: how implicit bias affects hiring and employment decisions, types of biases and how they diminish the workplace and strategies for employers to reduce bias in hiring. Types of biases discussed: categorization, stereotyping, halo/horn effect, affinity bias and confirmation bias. To access the course please click here: Employment Law: The Legal Case for Bias-Free Hiring.
Additional Employment Law & Bias Topics:
* Gender bias in STEM hiring
* The HP age discrimination class action settlement
* The DOJ lawsuit against Facebook alleging U.S. worker discrimination
* Biased job descriptions
* Resume screening
* Self-awareness for leadership
* Using data-driven insights
* Using structured interviews & blind resume reviews
* Training for hiring managers
* How to recognize & mitigate implicit biases
* The role of leadership in legal organizations
* The call to action
Mila Arutunian – Employment Law Master
Emilia Arutunian (Mila) is the Director of Antonyan Miranda’s Employment Law Litigation and Personal Injury Relations division. Mila served as the President of the San Diego County Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Section in 2021 and 2022, and has been a Chair of the Lawyers Club of San Diego Life, Law and Parenting Committee consistently from 2021 through the present.
This CLE course is offered in the following states:
* Alaska (AK)
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* District of Columbia (DC)
* Georgia (GA)
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* Massachusetts (MA)
* Michigan (MI)
* Missouri (MO)
* Nevada (NV)
* New Hampshire (NH)
* New Jersey (NJ)
* New York (NY)
* North Dakota (ND)
* Ohio (OH)
* Oregon (OR)
* Pennsylvania (PA)
* South Dakota (SD)
* Tennessee (TN)
* Vermont (VT)
* Washington (WA)
California CLE
Attorney Credits offers CLE for attorneys in California and around the country. For more information about CLE in California please click the following link: CA CLE.