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26 Meta workers sue, say AI chose them for layoffs because they were on medical or parental leave

26 Meta workers sue, say AI chose them for layoffs because they were on medical or parental leave

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July 16th, 2026

26 Meta workers sue, say AI chose them for layoffs because they were on medical or parental leave

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A group of 26 Meta employees has sued the company.

26名Meta員工起訴了公司

They say Meta used AI systems to choose people for layoffs.

他們說Meta用AI系統來選人裁員

The system chose more workers on medical, parental, or family leave.

這個系統選了更多請病假、育嬰假或家庭假的員工。

The lawsuit is in federal court in Oakland, California.

這起訴訟在加州奧克蘭的聯邦法院提出。

It says Meta used internal AI tools, keystroke checks, and computer rankings to decide who to lay off.

訴訟說Meta使用內部AI工具按鍵檢查電腦排名來決定裁員對象

The workers say employees on leave could not get the same scores as active workers.

員工說休假中的員工無法得到和在職員工一樣的分數

Meta did not think about leave when it used these scores, the lawsuit says.

訴訟說Meta在使用這些分數時沒有考慮休假情況

Many of the 26 workers took pregnancy or parental leave.

這26名工人中,很多人休了產假或育兒假

Others took medical leave for disabilities.

其他人因殘疾休了病假

One worker said a manager told him that taking approved leave would lead to layoff selection.

一名工人一位經理告訴他休經批准的假會導致被選中裁員

About half of the workers took leave for caregiving or pregnancy reasons.

大約一半的工人因照顧家人或懷孕休假

Meta said the claims have no merit.

Meta 這些指控沒有道理

It said people, not AI, made the decisions.

在做決定不是人工智慧

The lawsuit says Meta broke several federal laws.

這起訴訟 Meta 違反了幾項聯邦法律

These include the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

這些包括《家庭與醫療休假法案》《美國殘疾人法案》

It also uses "disparate impact," a legal idea the Trump administration has started to stop using.

用了「差別影響」這個法律概念川普政府已經開始不再使用它。

The workers' lawyers said they want to keep the workers in their jobs until arbitration.

工人的律師他們讓工人保住工作直到仲裁

They say the layoffs would cause harm that cannot be fixed.

他們裁員會造成無法彌補的傷害

July 16th, 2026

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