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26 Meta employees sue over AI firings during medical and parental leaves.

26 Meta employees sue over AI firings during medical and parental leaves.

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July 16th, 2026

26 Meta employees sue over AI firings during medical and parental leaves.

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Twenty-six former Meta employees sued the company.

Veintiséis exempleados de Meta demandaron a la empresa.

They say Meta used artificial intelligence systems.

Ellos dicen que Meta usó sistemas de inteligencia artificial.

Meta used these systems to choose employees to fire.

Meta usó estos sistemas para elegir a quién despedir.

This affected workers with medical, parental, or family leave more.

Esto afectó más a trabajadores con licencia médica, parental o familiar.

The layoffs were in May.

Los despidos fueron en mayo.

In that month, Meta said it would fire 8,000 employees.

En ese mes, Meta dijo que iba a despedir a 8.000 empleados.

The lawsuit is in a federal court in Oakland, California.

La demanda está en un tribunal federal de Oakland, California.

The lawsuit says Meta used activity and typing data.

La demanda dice que Meta usó datos de actividad y tecleo.

It also used AI token use boards and algorithm rankings.

También usó tableros de uso de tokens de IA y clasificaciones con algoritmos.

According to the lawsuit, a person on protected leave cannot get these scores.

Según la demanda, una persona en licencia protegida no puede acumular estas puntuaciones.

Meta did not stop the system to check each case, the lawsuit says.

Meta no paró el sistema para revisar cada caso, dice la demanda.

So, people on leave were chosen more often.

Por eso, las personas en licencia fueron elegidas más a menudo.

Meta said in a statement that the claims "have no merit".

Meta dijo en un comunicado que las afirmaciones "no tienen mérito".

The company says that people made the decisions, not the AI.

La empresa dice que las decisiones las tomaron personas, no la IA.

The plaintiffs took leave for pregnancy, parental, or medical reasons.

Los demandantes tomaron licencia por embarazo, parental o médica.

Eight are women on maternity leave.

Ocho son mujeres con licencia de maternidad.

Four are men on parental leave.

Cuatro son hombres con licencia parental.

One is a woman on leave to care for a family member.

Una es mujer con licencia para cuidar a un familiar.

The lawsuit says there were violations of state and federal laws.

La demanda dice que hubo violaciones de leyes estatales y federales.

This includes the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Esto incluye la Ley de Licencia Familiar y Médica y la Ley de Estadounidenses con Discapacidades.

The lawyers for the plaintiffs ask to keep their jobs until arbitration.

Los abogados de los demandantes piden mantener el empleo hasta el arbitraje.

They say the firings would cause irreversible harm.

Ellos dicen que los despidos causarían daños irreversibles.

For example, loss of health coverage and leave rights.

Por ejemplo, pérdida de cobertura de salud y derechos de licencia.

July 16th, 2026

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