Workday argues Calif. law can’t regulate AI hiring tools nationwide

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By Amy Miller ( June 16, 2026, 00:23 GMT | Insight) — Workday pushed back on a US judge’s tentative ruling that a California employment and housing discrimination law governs use of the company’s artificial intelligence-powered human resource tools across the US. Attorneys for job seekers countered during oral arguments that they were “just trying to make Workday stand up for what it did within California.”An attorney for system software company Workday told a US judge Monday that the company disagrees with her tentative finding that a California employment and housing discrimination law governs use of its artificial intelligence-powered human resource tools across the US….

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