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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员工起诉了公司

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

他们说Meta用AI系统选择裁员的人

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

这个系统选了更多休病假、育儿假或家庭假的员工。

The lawsuit is in federal court in Oakland, California.

这起诉讼在加州奥克兰的联邦法院审理。

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

诉讼称Meta用内部AI工具键盘记录电脑排名来决定解雇谁

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

员工们说休假中的员工无法得到与在职员工相同的分数。

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

诉讼称,Meta在使用这些分数时没有考虑休假情况。

Many of the 26 workers took pregnancy or parental leave.

这26名工人中,很多人休了产假或育儿假

Others took medical leave for disabilities.

其他人因残疾休了病假

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

一名工人一位经理告诉他休批准的假会导致被裁员

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

大约一半的工人因照顾家人或怀孕休假

Meta said the claims have no merit.

Meta 这些指控没有道理

It said people, not AI, made the decisions.

做了决定不是人工智能

The lawsuit says Meta broke several federal laws.

诉讼 Meta 违反几条联邦法律

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

这些包括《家庭与医疗休假法案》《美国残疾人法案》

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

还用了差别影响”,这是一个特朗普政府开始不再用法律概念

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

工人的律师他们想让工人保住工作直到仲裁

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

他们裁员会造成无法弥补的伤害。

July 16th, 2026

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