26 Meta workers sue over alleged AI-aided layoffs targeting employees…

26 Meta employees sued the company for allegedly using AI systems to identify and disproportionately lay off workers on medical, parental, or family leave, claiming the algorithms systematically penalised protected absences without accommodation. The lawsuit invokes federal protections including the Family and Medical Leave Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, and disparate impact doctrine under Title VII, despite the Trump administration's deprioritisation of such enforcement. If you're selling AI-driven workforce tools to large employers, your systems now face active disparate impact litigation even when they're ostensibly neutral—Meta's case shows courts will examine whether your algorithms systematically disadvantage protected groups, and the Trump administration's deprioritisation of enforcement doesn't eliminate private lawsuits. You need to audit whether your performance metrics or absence-tracking can be gamed by anyone on protected leave.