Should companies be banned from using AI to screen job applications?

I have a three year gap on my resume because I spent those years caring for my father after his stroke. I'm not ashamed of it. But I have watched friends in similar situations get auto rejected from jobs they were qualified for, because whatever screening model a company bought flags gaps as flight risk or low engagement. A human hiring manager can hear 'I was a full time caregiver' and respect it. A model trained on the resumes of people who never took a break can't. This isn't hypothetical bias. The EEOC has already gone after AI recruiting tools for exactly this kind of pattern, like the iTutorGroup case where an algorithm allegedly rejected older applicants (EEOC settlement). Caregiving gaps correlate with being a woman, being disabled, being poor. Screening them out is discrimination laundered through software. Ban it.