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The fairness audit and the 4/5ths rule.
How we apply the 4/5ths rule per protected group per role, how often we audit, and what we publish.
Last reviewed 30 September 20263 min read

The 4/5ths rule says: the selection rate for any protected group should be at least 80% of the selection rate for the highest-selected group. We apply it per protected group, per role family, per stage of the pipeline. Not as a single sitewide number.

Cadence.

  • Per-customer fairness report: weekly, automatic. Visible in the hiring-manager dashboard, exportable as PDF.
  • Sitewide aggregate report: quarterly. Published on /trust/fairness.
  • Per-role-family flag: any ratio under 0.80 pauses automated advancement on the role and triggers an engineering investigation.

Protected groups in scope.

Gender (self-reported, optional), race and ethnicity where legally collectable, age band (under 25, 25 to 34, 35 to 44, 45 to 54, 55 plus), disability status (self-reported, optional, UK Equality Act 2010 categories), country of education. We do not infer protected characteristics from voice, video, or written content; the only data we use is the optional, self-reported demographic data captured on a separate consent screen at the start of the candidate experience.

The full method is on the blog at /resources/blog/bias-audit-in-full and the per-quarter aggregate is on /trust/fairness.

What to do next: export the workspace fairness report on the first of the month and share it with your works council, HR, or DE&I lead.

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