Meta의 AI 해고, 병가 차별을 주장하는 소송으로 이어져
전직 직원 26명이 AI 해고 도구가 병가를 불이익으로 처리했다며 Meta를 고소했습니다. 이 소송은 AI 기반 인사 결정이 노동 보호법을 준수할 수 있는지 시험대에 올립니다.
26 former meta employees are suing the company, alleging it used a 'constellation' of internal ai tools, including metamate and employee-trained agents, to rank workers for layoffs without exempting those on medical or parental leave. the lawsuit claims this algorithmic approach disproportionately targeted protected employees during may's cuts, which reduced meta's workforce by 10% or roughly 8,000 people. meta denies the claims, stating decisions were made by people, not ai. this case highlights the growing legal risks of deploying ai for critical hr decisions and could set a precedent for employment law in the ai era.