26 Meta Employees Sue Alleging Use of AI to Identify Layoff Picks, Targeting Those on Medical and Parental Leave
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Los Angeles Times
BizTocMeta accused of using AI to pick employees with medical conditions for layoffs
Twenty-six current and former Meta employees, including some from California, allege the company violated federal and state laws. Meta denied the accusations.
Meta is accused of having resorted to artificial intelligence tools to select employees to lay off during her recent wave of job deletions. Twenty-six employees denounce a...
At Meta, a dispute over dismissals escalates. Employees accuse the Group of using their holiday and medical data against them.
26 current and former Meta employees have sued Meta.
Meta is alleged to have used AI to target employees with disabilities or on sick leave during collective redundancies, and is accused of discrimination, according to a complaint filed in courtMeta's employees are bringing a case concerning the use of AI as part of a downsizing. The complainants claim that a surveillance program set up earlier this year used data from artificial intelligence (AI) to select employees targeted by the employees.
26 former Meta employees accuse the company of using artificial intelligence to select employees for layoff. According to the lawsuit, the system particularly disadvantaged those taking maternity leave, sick leave, and disability-related benefits. The company denies this and asserts that human, not AI, decisions were made, according to The Guardian.
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