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26名Meta员工起诉公司,指控以AI驱动的裁员选择针对休病假和育儿假员工

26名Meta员工起诉公司,指控以AI驱动的裁员选择针对休病假和育儿假员工

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July 16th, 2026

26名Meta员工起诉公司,指控以AI驱动的裁员选择针对休病假和育儿假员工

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Twenty-six Meta employees have initiated legal proceedings against the company, alleging that it employed an artificial intelligence system to select individuals for redundancy, a measure that disproportionately targeted staff on medical, parental, or family leave.

二十六名Meta员工对该公司提起诉讼指控借助人工智能系统甄选裁员对象此举不成比例地针对正在休医疗假、育儿假或家庭假的员工

They constitute a portion of the 8,000 employeesapproximately 10% of Meta's total workforcewhose layoffs were announced in May.

他们Meta于5月宣布裁撤的8000名员工约占其总员工数的10%)中的一部分

The lawsuit, filed on Monday evening in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in Oakland, alleges that the company employed internal AI systems, keystroke and activity monitoring data, AI token usage dashboards, and algorithmically assisted performance rankings to determine which employees would be terminated.

周一晚间在加州奥克兰联邦法院提起的诉讼指控称该公司通过内部AI系统键盘及活动监控数据AI代币使用仪表板以及算法辅助的绩效排名等手段,来确定哪些员工将被解雇

The lawsuit asserts that many of these scores and ratings are, by design, unattainable for employees on protected medical or family leave, as well as for those whose output is diminished due to a disability.

诉讼指出许多此类评分与评级根据设计无法由正在休受保护医疗假或家庭假的员工累积亦无法由因残疾导致产出减少的员工累积”。

According to the complaint, Meta failed to account for protected leave when evaluating employee scores and, as alleged, did not suspend its system for individualised, leave- and accommodation-neutral reviews as required by law.

据诉讼称Meta在评估员工分数时未将受保护假纳入考量未按照法律要求为个性化、假及便利中立审查暂停系统”。

Consequently, the lawsuit alleges that employees on protected medical or family leave were disproportionately selected for layoffs.

因此该诉讼指控休受保护医疗假或家庭假的员工被不成比例地遴选为裁员对象

The 26 anonymous employees cited in the lawsuit had all taken protected leave or had applied for or received reasonable disability accommodations.

诉讼中提及的26名匿名员工均曾休过受保护假或曾申请或获得合理的残疾便利

Although they have received layoff notices, these 26 individuals remain employed by Meta, with their departures set to take effect on July 22.

尽管已收到裁员通知这26人目前仍受雇于Meta其离职将于7月22日正式生效

In the lawsuit, several employees had taken maternity or parental leave, during which they did not participate in work, resulting in a decline in their quantifiable output.

诉讼中多名员工曾休产假或育儿假在此期间未参与工作因而其可量化的产出有所下降

Other employees took sick leaveone of whom disclosed aserious health condition and disabilityand obtained approval from Metas internal medical body.

另有员工休病假——其中一人披露了严重的健康状况和残疾”,并获得了Meta内部医疗机构的批准

However, according to the lawsuit documents, that employeewas dissuaded and prevented by the manager from taking such leave,” with the manager warning that doing so would result in their selection for the anticipated layoffs.

然而根据诉讼文件该员工“遭到经理劝阻并被阻止休该假”,经理警告称此举将导致其在预期的裁员中被选中

The lawsuit further asserts that Meta failed to provide any reasonable accommodations for their disability.

诉讼进一步指出Meta未为其残疾提供任何合理便利

Meta stated in a statement that these allegations are "unfounded and not based on facts.

Meta在一份声明中表示这些指控缺乏依据不基于事实

Workforce management and organizational decisions are made by humans, not artificial intelligence, as has always been the case, and remains so now."

劳动力管理组织决策是由人做出的而非人工智能过去如此现在亦然。”

Approximately half of the plaintiffs had taken leave for reasons pertaining to caregiving or pregnancy.

约莫半数原告照护妊娠相关事由而告假

Among them, eight were women who had taken maternity leave or leave related to pregnancy, four were men who had taken parental leave, and one woman had taken family care leave, subsequently followed by bereavement leave.

其中八名曾休产假妊娠相关假期的女性四名曾休育儿假的男性,另有一名女性曾休家庭照护假随后又休了丧假

According to the lawsuit, the layoffs are alleged to have violated multiple federal and state laws, including the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.

根据该诉讼此次裁员涉嫌违反多项联邦及州级法律其中包括《家庭与医疗休假法》《美国残疾人法》《怀孕歧视法》以及《怀孕工人公平法》

The complaint further invokes the concept of 'disparate impact liability', a long-standing civil rights principle that the administration of President Donald Trump has set about dismantling.

诉状中还援引了不成比例影响责任这一概念,此乃一项长期存在的民权原则唐纳德·特朗普总统领导的政府已着手将其摒弃

The principle of disparate impact, enshrined in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, posits that a facially neutral policy or practice may constitute discrimination if it imposes a disproportionately onerous burden on a protected class and is not a business necessity.

不成比例影响原则载于1964年《民权法案》第七章该原则认为一项表面上中立的政策或做法对受保护阶层造成不成比例的沉重负担非工作所需则可能构成歧视

The Trump administration has mandated that federal agencies deprioritise enforcement of the 'disparate impact' liability, asserting that invoking this principle would erode the foundations of 'meritocracy' and foster an assumption that any racial or gender imbalance in the workforce stems from discrimination.

特朗普政府已责令联邦机构降低对不成比例影响”责任执法的优先次序,声称援引该原则将侵蚀精英统治的根基并助长一种假设劳动力中任何种族或性别失衡皆源于歧视

This executive directive has led the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to abandon discrimination lawsuits filed on behalf of certain workers.

此项行政指令已致使平等就业机会委员会放弃代表部分工人提起的歧视诉讼

Nevertheless, the lawsuit against Meta underscores that, despite the Trump administration's concerted efforts to dismantle the relevant enforcement mechanisms, corporations remain highly vulnerable to disparate impact litigation in the era of artificial intelligence.

然而针对Meta的诉讼凸显出尽管特朗普政府曾竭力废除相关执法机制,但在人工智能时代企业仍极易受到不成比例影响诉讼的冲击。

Even if the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission dismisses their complaint, workers may still file such lawsuits independently, and the laws of multiple states explicitly prohibit disparate impact discrimination.

即便平等就业机会委员会驳回其投诉劳动者仍可自行提起此类诉讼多个州的法律明确禁止不成比例影响歧视

In the lawsuit against Meta, the plaintiff's attorneys argued that the companysystematically recorded such absences as performance declines through algorithmically assisted screening mechanisms, the adverse impact of which on women far exceeded that on men.”

在针对Meta的诉讼中原告律师主张该公司借助算法辅助的筛选机制系统性地将此类缺勤记录为绩效下滑其对女性造成的负面影响远超男性”。

The attorneys further contended that this was attributable to the disproportionate burden of pregnancy and parental leave borne by women.

律师进一步指出这是由于女性不成比例地承担了妊娠及育儿假期的缘故

The lawsuit invokes Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits employment practices that have a disparate impact, as well as a landmark 1971 Supreme Court ruling that recognized this principle.

该诉讼援引了《民权法案》第七章关于禁止对就业实践产生不成比例影响的条款以及1971年最高法院承认该原则的一项里程碑式裁决

In a statement, the plaintiff's attorney emphatically asserted that the sole objective of the lawsuit is to preserve the status quo pending arbitration, thereby safeguarding workers' employment positions.

原告律师在一份声明中严正指出该诉讼的唯一诉求乃是——在仲裁悬而未决期间维持现状以保障工人的就业岗位

The rationale is as follows: “Once these termination proceedings are ultimately concluded, the ensuing damage will be irreparable: the loss of employer-subsidized health insurance during pregnancy, along with coverage for postpartum recovery and active medical care; the extinguishment of time-limited leave entitlements; the forfeiture of unvested equity; and the triggering of immigration consequences.”

其理据在于:“一旦这些离职程序最终尘埃落定所造成的损害将不可逆转孕期丧失由雇主补贴的健康保险产后恢复及积极医疗的保障有时限的休假权利随之消灭未归属股权惨遭没收;以及移民后果被触发。”

The journalist's reporting on the coverage of the female workforce received financial support from Pivotal Ventures.

该记者关于女性劳动力覆盖情况的报道获得了Pivotal Ventures的财务资助

The Associated Press assumes full responsibility for all content.

美联社全部内容承担完全责任

Please visit AP.org to consult the relevant standards governing the Associated Press's collaborations with philanthropic organisations, the list of funders, and the reporting areas that have received funding.

请访问AP.org查阅美联社慈善机构合作的相关标准资助方名单以及受资助的报道领域

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