Pregnancy Discrimination Act

A group of 26 Meta employees sued the company, alleging it used AI systems to target workers on medical, parental, or family leave for layoffs. The lawsuit claims the AI prioritized metrics like keystroke data and performance rankings, which were disproportionately low for employees on protected leave, and did not account for accommodations required by law. Meta denied the claims, stating workforce decisions were made by people, not AI.

Meta employees sued the company for using AI to target workers who took protected leave during a 10% workforce reduction. The plaintiffs claim an AI system, including 'Metamate' and activity-monitoring tools, disproportionately selected employees on leave for layoffs by penalizing their absence from performance metrics.