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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.

Metaの社員26人会社を訴えました

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

彼らは、Metaが解雇する人を選ぶのにAIを使ったと言います。

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

そのシステムは、病気休暇や育児休暇や家族休暇中の人をより多く選びました。

The lawsuit is in federal court in Oakland, California.

この訴訟カリフォルニア州オークランドの連邦裁判所にあります

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

Meta解雇する人を決めるために内部のAIツールキーストロークチェックコンピューターランキング使ったと書いてあります

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

労働者たちは、休暇中の従業員働いている従業員同じスコア得られなかったと言います

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

訴訟は、Metaこれらのスコアを使うときに休暇考えなかったと言っています。

Many of the 26 workers took pregnancy or parental leave.

26人の労働者の多くが妊娠休暇育児休暇取りました

Others took medical leave for disabilities.

他の人たちは障害のための病気休暇取りました

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

一人の労働者はマネージャーが認められた休暇を取ると解雇の対象になると言った言いました

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

約半分の労働者が介護妊娠の理由で休暇を取りました

Meta said the claims have no merit.

Metaはその主張には根拠がないと言いました

It said people, not AI, made the decisions.

決定をしたのはAIではなく人間だと言いました

The lawsuit says Meta broke several federal laws.

訴訟はMetaがいくつかの連邦法を破ったと言っています

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

これらには家族医療休暇法アメリカ障害者法が含まれます。

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

また、「異なる影響」という法的な考え方を使っています。トランプ政権はそれを使うのをやめ始めました

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

労働者の弁護士は仲裁まで労働者を仕事に残したいと言いました

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

解雇は直せない害を引き起こすと言っています

July 16th, 2026

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