Harper v. Sirius XM Radio — AI Hiring Discrimination Class Action (E.D. Mich.)

A private class action filed in August 2025 in the Eastern District of Michigan alleges that Sirius XM Radio's automated applicant-screening tools produced unlawful disparate impact against Black and minority job applicants under Title VII. Filed shortly after the EEOC's FY2024 enforcement-focus announcement targeting Sirius XM's AI hiring systems, the case is one of the first private Title VII class actions to directly challenge a corporate AI hiring algorithm.

Technical detail

Harper v. Sirius XM Radio Inc., No. 2:25-cv-12403 (E.D. Mich., filed Aug. 4, 2025). Putative class action under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2, asserting disparate-impact theory — plaintiffs allege the automated screening system disproportionately excluded Black and minority applicants without job-related justification. Related EEOC enforcement-focus announcement: see litig-eeoc-sirius-xm-2024. Active as of June 2026.

Who is protected: Black and minority job applicants screened by Sirius XM's automated hiring tool

Who must comply: Sirius XM Radio Inc.

Key facts

Related AI hiring and employment rules elsewhere

• FCRA (AI in credit & background checks) · In effect
• Title VII / ADA (AI hiring) · In effect
• Mobley v. Workday (AI Hiring Bias) · Blocked / in litigation
• EEOC AI Title VII Guidance · In effect
• DOL WHD FAB 2024-1 · In effect
• OPM AI Workforce Guidance · In effect