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How do you bias-test AI hiring, and what is the four-fifths rule?

Adverse-impact monitoring for AI in hiring: what the four-fifths rule measures, how it overlaps with the Equality Act 2010, and what to test for in practice.

compliance5 min read

How do you write an AI transparency notice for candidates?

What the EU AI Act and UK data protection law require you to tell candidates when AI is used in hiring, and a practical structure for the notice itself.

compliance6 min read

DPIA vs FRIA in hiring: how the two assessments differ and overlap

A GDPR DPIA and an EU AI Act FRIA are different instruments that are often conflated. Here is how each applies to AI in hiring, where they overlap, and how to run them together.

compliance4 min read

Is hiring AI high-risk under the EU AI Act? A plain-English explanation

Recruitment and selection AI is classified high-risk under Annex III of the EU AI Act. Here is what counts as in-scope, and why screening, ranking and scoring tools qualify.

compliance5 min read

The EU AI Act and hiring: what every UK and EU employer must do before the deadline

AI used in recruitment is high-risk under the EU AI Act. The application date is in flux: 2 August 2026 today, with a provisional deferral to 2 December 2027. A practical checklist for UK and EU employers.

compliance6 min read

The EU AI Act and recruitment: a practical guide for UK and EU employers

What the EU AI Act means for AI in hiring: who carries which duties, what the timeline really is, and how to prepare while the deadline is still in flux.

compliance16 min read

What should an EU AI Act vendor checklist for hiring AI cover?

The evidence to demand from a hiring-AI vendor under the EU AI Act: documentation, bias testing, logging and oversight, set out as a practical procurement checklist.

compliance5 min read

EU AI Act vs UK rules: does AI hiring law apply to UK employers?

How the EU AI Act reaches UK employers, where the Equality Act 2010 and UK data protection law apply instead, and which rules bind you for AI in hiring.

compliance5 min read

A fundamental rights impact assessment template for recruitment

A FRIA is required for deployers of high-risk hiring AI under Article 27 of the EU AI Act. Here is what a FRIA is, when you need one, and a recruitment-shaped template to start from.

compliance5 min read

Human oversight requirements for AI in hiring: what meaningful really means

The EU AI Act requires meaningful human oversight of high-risk hiring AI. Here is what oversight has to deliver in practice, why a sign-off click is not enough, and how to design it.

compliance5 min read

Provider vs deployer obligations for hiring AI: who carries which duties?

The EU AI Act splits responsibility between providers who build AI systems and deployers who use them. Here is what each role owes, and why deployer duties cannot be outsourced.

compliance5 min read

CV fraud in 2026: how AI-written CVs broke hiring and how to verify skills again

AI-polished CVs have made paper screening unreliable, and outright CV fraud is industrialising. How employers can verify skills again with CV-personalised assessment.

cv-fraud5 min read

TestGorilla vs KimonRecruit: question banks vs bespoke assessments

TestGorilla tests every candidate from a shared library. KimonRecruit generates a unique assessment from each CV inside a full ATS. A fair comparison, sourced June 2026.

compare5 min read

Greenhouse pricing explained: what SMEs really pay in 2026

Greenhouse pricing is quote-only, billed annually, and typically lands in the thousands of pounds per year. Here is how the cost builds for an SME, sourced June 2026.

pricing5 min read

Blind screening in practice: removing bias without losing signal

Blind screening strips identifying details from applications before review. Here is what to redact, what the evidence says, and the pitfalls that quietly defeat it.

fair-hiring5 min read

Why generic skills tests are broken, and what CV-personalised testing fixes

Generic skills tests draw from shared question banks that candidates can practise. Here is why that breaks the signal, and how CV-personalised testing restores it.

assessment5 min read

Why decision-support, never automated screening-out

Mobley v. Workday, the EU AI Act Article 22 floor, and why KimonRecruit cannot — by construction — author a candidate's exit from a pipeline.

compliance3 min read

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