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26 Meta employees file lawsuit, alleging AI-driven layoff selection targets workers on medical and childcare leave.

26 Meta employees file lawsuit, alleging AI-driven layoff selection targets workers on medical and childcare leave.

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July 16th, 2026

26 Meta employees file lawsuit, alleging AI-driven layoff selection targets workers on medical and childcare leave.

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Twenty-six employees of Meta have filed a lawsuit against the company, alleging that it used an artificial intelligence system to select individuals for dismissal and then unfairly targeted those on medical, parental, or family leave.

Meta社の従業員26名が同社を提訴し人工知能システムを用いて解雇対象者を選別した上で医療・育児・家族休暇中の従業員を不当に標的にしたと主張している

They are among the approximately 8,000 employeesroughly 10% of the total workforcethat Meta announced it would lay off in May.

彼らはMetaが5月に解雇すると発表した約8000人全従業員の約10%)に含まれる

The complaint, filed late Monday night in a federal court in Oakland, California, alleges that the company used methods such as internal AI systems, keystroke and activity monitoring data, AI token usage dashboards, and algorithmic performance rankings to select employees for dismissal.

カリフォルニア州オークランドの連邦裁判所に月曜夜遅くに提出された訴状は同社が内部AIシステムキーストロークやアクティビティ監視データAIトークン使用ダッシュボードアルゴリズムによる業績ランキングなどの手法を用いて解雇対象者を選定したと主張している

The complaint states that many of these scores and evaluations are, by design, unable to accumulate for employees on protected medical or family leave, or for those whose output has diminished due to a disability.

これらのスコアや評価の多くは設計上保護された医療・家族休暇中の従業員や、障害により成果が減少している従業員には蓄積できない」と訴状は述べている

Meta, it is alleged, did not take protected leave into account when considering employee scores and failed to suspend the system for a review that was neutral with respect to the individualized leave and reasonable accommodations required by law.

Metaは従業員のスコアを考慮する際に保護休暇を考慮せず、「法律で要求される個別化された休暇・合理的配慮に中立な審査のためにシステムを停止しなかったという

As a result, the complaint alleges that employees on protected medical or family leave were disproportionately selected for dismissal.

その結果保護された医療・家族休暇中従業員不均衡に解雇対象として選定されたと、訴状は主張している

All 26 anonymous employees named in the lawsuit had either taken protected leave or had applied for or received reasonable accommodations for disabilities.

訴訟に名を連ねる匿名従業員26名全員が、保護休暇を取得したか、障害に対する合理的配慮を申請または受領していた

Although all have received termination notices, they remain employed by Meta, with their departures scheduled to begin on July 22.

全員が解雇通知を受けているものの、依然としてMetaに雇用されており退職は7月22日から開始される予定である。

Many of the employees named in the lawsuit had taken maternity or parental leave, during which they did not work and their measured performance declined.

訴訟に名を連ねる従業員の多く妊娠・育児休暇を取得しておりその間就労せず測定される業績が低下していた

Other employees had taken medical leave, and one of them had disclosed a 'serious health condition and disability' approved by Meta's own healthcare provider.

他の従業員医療休暇を取得しそのうちの一人Meta自身の医療提供者によって承認された深刻な健康状態と障害」を開示していた

However, according to the complaint, he was warned by his manager that 'taking that leave would make him subject to the anticipated layoffs' and was thus discouraged from taking it.

しかし訴状によれば、彼はマネージャーからその休暇を取れば予想される解雇の対象になる」と警告され休暇取得を思いとどまらされたという。

Meta did not provide reasonable accommodations for his disability.

Metaは彼の障害に対する合理的配慮を提供しなかった

In a statement, Meta emphasized that these allegations are "groundless and not based on facts. Personnel management and organizational decisions were made by humans, not by AI."

Metaは声明の中でこれらの主張は根拠がなく事実に基づいていない人材管理や組織決定はAIではなく人間によって行われたと強調している

It emerged that approximately half of the plaintiffs had taken leave for reasons related to caregiving or pregnancy.

原告の約半数が、介護または妊娠関連の理由により休暇を取得していたことが判明した

The breakdown is as follows: eight women who took maternity and pregnancy-related leave, four men who took childcare leave, and one woman who took family care leave followed by bereavement leave.

内訳は産前産後妊娠関連休暇を取得した女性8名育児休暇を取得した男性4名、そして家族介護休暇その後の忌引き休暇を取得した女性1名である。

The complaint alleges violations of multiple state and federal laws, including the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.

訴状は家族医療休暇法アメリカ障害者法妊娠差別禁止法妊娠労働者公平法など複数の州法および連邦法違反している主張している

Furthermore, the complaint also references 'disparate impact liability'.

また訴状は「不均一な影響(ディスパレート・インパクト)責任にも言及している

This is a long-standing civil rights concept that the administration of President Donald Trump moved to abandon.

これはドナルド・トランプ大統領の政権放棄を進めた長年の公民権概念である。

Disparate impact, as stipulated under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, is a legal doctrine whereby a facially neutral policy or practice may be deemed discriminatory if it imposes a disproportionate burden on workers belonging to a protected class and is not a business necessity.

1964年公民権法第7編に規定される不均一な影響とは、表面上中立的な方針や慣行が、保護クラスに属する労働者不均衡な負担を課し、かつ業務上必要不可欠でない場合に、差別的とみなされ得るという法理である。

The Trump administration instructed federal agencies to deprioritize the enforcement of disparate impact liability, arguing that its use undermines 'meritocracy' and fosters the assumption that all racial and gender imbalances in the workforce are the result of discrimination.

トランプ政権は連邦機関に対し不均一な影響責任の執行を優先度を下げるよう指示し、その使用が「メリトクラシー」を損ない労働力における人種や性別の不均衡が全て差別の結果であるという前提を助長すると主張している

As a result of this directive, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has withdrawn discrimination lawsuits on behalf of some workers.

この指示により雇用機会均等委員会(EEOC)は一部の労働者のための差別訴訟を取り下げている

However, the lawsuit against Meta highlights that, despite the Trump administration's attempts to block enforcement, companies remain vulnerable to lawsuits involving disparate impact in the age of AI.

しかしMetaに対する訴訟は、トランプ政権による執行阻止の試みにもかかわらずAI時代において企業不均一な影響を及ぼす訴訟に対して脆弱な立場にあり続けることを浮き彫りにしている

Workers can file lawsuits on their own if the EEOC dismisses their claims, and several state laws explicitly prohibit discrimination based on disparate impact.

労働者EEOCが申し立てを却下した場合自ら訴訟を提起することが可能であり、複数の州法不均一な影響に基づく差別明確に禁止している

In the Meta lawsuit, the plaintiff's legal team argues that the company's "algorithmic screening process systematically records absences as poor performance, thereby having a disproportionate impact on women compared to men."

Meta訴訟では原告側弁護団が同社のアルゴリズムによる選別プロセスが欠勤を業績不振として系統的に記録することで男性よりも女性に不均衡な影響を及ぼしていると主張している

According to the lawyers, this is because women tend to take pregnancy and caregiving leave disproportionately.

弁護士によればこれは女性が妊娠や介護休暇を不均衡に取得する傾向にあるためだという。

The complaint cites Title VII, which prohibits disparate impact, and the 1971 Supreme Court ruling that recognized this legal doctrine.

訴状は不均一な影響を禁じる第7編とその法理を認めた1971年の最高裁判決を引用している

In a statement, the plaintiff's attorney argued that the sole purpose of this lawsuit is to maintain the employment relationship until the arbitration proceedings are concluded.

原告側弁護士は声明で本訴訟の唯一の目的は仲裁手続きが完了するまで雇用関係を維持することにあると主張している

As justification, they stated: 'Once resignation is confirmed, the harm becomes irreversible. This is because it would result in the loss of employer-subsidized health insurance during pregnancy, the postpartum recovery period, or periods of active medical treatment; the forfeiture of accrued paid leave rights; the confiscation of unvested stock; and even adverse effects on immigration status.'

その理由として、「一旦退職が確定すればその被害は不可逆的となる妊娠中産後回復期または積極的な医療治療を受けている期間における雇用者補助健康保険の喪失有期休暇権の消滅未確定株式の没収さらには移民ステータスへの悪影響が生じるからである」と述べている。

The Associated Press's reporting on women's workforce participation receives financial support from Pivotal Ventures.

AP通信による女性の労働力参加に関する報道Pivotal Venturesからの財政支援を受けている。

The AP bears sole responsibility for all content.

AP全内容に対して単独で責任を負う。

Details regarding the AP's standards for collaboration with philanthropic organizations, a list of its supporters, and the areas of funding can be found on AP.org.

AP慈善団体との協力基準支援者一覧、および資金提供対象分野についてはAP.org確認できる

July 16th, 2026

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