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26 Meta employees sued the company, saying that AI decisions about layoffs affected workers on medical leave and parental leave.

26 Meta employees sued the company, saying that AI decisions about layoffs affected workers on medical leave and parental leave.

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July 16th, 2026

26 Meta employees sued the company, saying that AI decisions about layoffs affected workers on medical leave and parental leave.

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A group of 26 Meta employees has sued the company.

一個由26名Meta員工組成的團體已起訴公司

They accuse Meta of using an AI system to choose who to fire.

他們指控Meta使用AI系統來選擇裁員對象

This system unfairly targets employees on medical, parental, or family leave.

這個系統不成比例地針對正在休醫療假、育嬰假或家庭假的員工

These employees are part of the 8,000 job cuts Meta announced in May. That is about 10% of its workforce.

這些員工是Meta在5月宣布裁員8000人(約占勞動力10%)的一部分

The lawsuit was filed on Monday evening in federal court in Oakland, California.

訴訟於週一晚間在加州奧克蘭聯邦法院提起

The lawsuit says the company used an internal AI system to decide who to fire. It also used data on keystrokes and activity, an AI token usage dashboard, and algorithm-assisted performance scores.

訴訟稱公司使用內部AI系統按鍵和活動監控數據AI代幣使用儀表板及算法輔助績效評分來決定裁員人選

The lawsuit says these scores and ratings "are designed so that employees on protected medical or family leave cannot get them. Employees whose work is reduced because of a disability also cannot get them."

訴訟指出這些分數和評級從設計上無法由處於受保護醫療假或家庭假的員工獲得也無法由產出因殘疾而減少的員工獲得。」

Meta did not consider protected leave when looking at the scores.

Meta在考慮分數時未考慮受保護休假

The company also did not stop the system to do the individual reviews required by law.

公司也未暫停系統進行法律要求的個別化審查

As a result, employees on protected leave were chosen at a higher rate.

因此處於受保護假的員工被不成比例地選中

All 26 anonymous plaintiffs had taken protected leave or asked for reasonable accommodations.

26名匿名原告均曾休受保護假或請求合理調節措施

They have received layoff notices, but their departures will start on July 22.

他們已收到裁員通知但離職將於7月22日開始

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

約一半原告照顧懷孕相關原因休假

This includes 8 women on maternity leave, 4 men on paternity leave, and 1 woman on family care and bereavement leave.

這包括8名休產假的女性4名休育嬰假的男性1名休家庭照顧假和喪假的女性

The lawsuit says the layoffs broke many state and federal laws. These include the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

訴訟稱裁員違反多項州法聯邦法包括《家庭與醫療休假法》《美國殘疾人法案》等。

The complaint also uses "disparate impact liability." This is a civil rights idea. It says a neutral policy may be discriminatory. It unfairly hurts a protected group of workers. It is not needed for the job.

訴狀引用「差別影響責任」——這項民權概念認為表面上中立的政策受保護工人階級造成不成比例負擔,且工作所需可能構成歧視

The plaintiff's lawyers argue that Meta's "algorithm-assisted selection process" affects women more. It does this by systematically recording absences as lower performance.

原告律師辯稱Meta的「算法輔助選擇過程通過系統性將缺勤記錄為績效降低對女性影響更大

This is because women take pregnancy leave and care leave more often.

這是因為女性不成比例地休孕假照顧假

Meta said in a statement that these claims "lack legal basis and are not based on facts."

Meta在聲明中表示這些主張缺乏法律依據不基於事實」。

The company stressed that humans, not AI, make workforce management decisions.

公司強調勞動力管理決策由人而非AI做出

The plaintiff's lawyers said the lawsuit only asks to keep the current situation until arbitration.

原告律師表示訴訟只要求維持現狀以待仲裁

This is because once the layoff is final, the damage will be irreversible. It includes losing health insurance, losing leave rights, and immigration consequences.

這是因為一旦離職最終確定損害將不可逆轉包括失去健康保險休假權利被取消移民後果

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