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26 Meta workers sue, claiming AI layoffs unfairly targeted those on medical or parental leave

26 Meta workers sue, claiming AI layoffs unfairly targeted those on medical or parental leave

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July 16th, 2026

26 Meta workers sue, claiming AI layoffs unfairly targeted those on medical or parental leave

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A group of 26 Meta employees has sued the company.

26名Meta员工起诉了该公司

They claim it used artificial intelligence systems to select people for layoffs.

他们声称公司使用人工智能系统来选择裁员对象

The system disproportionately targeted workers on medical, parental or family leave, they say.

他们说该系统不成比例地针对休病假、育儿假或家庭假的员工

The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Oakland, California.

该诉讼是在加利福尼亚州奥克兰联邦法院提起的

It says Meta used internal AI tools, keystroke monitoring, and algorithm-assisted performance rankings to decide who would be laid off.

诉讼称Meta使用内部AI工具键盘监控算法辅助的绩效排名来决定解雇哪些人

The plaintiffs argue that employees on protected leave could not earn the same scores as active workers.

原告认为休受保护假的员工无法获得与在职员工相同的分数

Meta did not account for leave when using these scores, the lawsuit claims.

诉讼称Meta在使用这些分数时没有考虑休假因素

Many of the 26 employees took pregnancy or parental leave.

这26名员工中有许多人休了产假育儿假

Others took medical leave for disabilities.

其他人因残疾休了病假

One employee said a manager warned him that taking approved leave would lead to layoff selection.

一名员工一位经理警告他休经批准的假会导致被选中裁员

About half the plaintiffs took leave for caregiving or pregnancy-related reasons.

大约一半的原告因照顾家人与怀孕相关的原因休了假

Meta said the claims lack merit and that people, not AI, made the decisions.

Meta表示这些指控缺乏依据,并称做出决定的是而非人工智能

The lawsuit alleges violations of several federal laws, including the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

该诉讼指控违反了多项联邦法律包括《家庭与医疗休假法案》和《美国残疾人法案》

It also cites "disparate impact," a legal concept that the Trump administration has moved to abandon.

它还引用了差别影响这一法律概念特朗普政府已着手放弃该概念。

The plaintiffs' lawyers said they seek to keep the workers employed pending arbitration.

原告律师表示他们希望在仲裁期间维持这些工人的雇佣关系

They argue that the layoffs would cause irreversible harm.

他们辩称裁员将造成不可逆转的损害

July 16th, 2026

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