Twenty-six anonymous current and former Meta employees have filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, accusing Meta of using an AI system during its May layoffs that failed to consider employees' approved and compliant leave records. They allege that the system's flawed evaluation metrics disproportionately targeted specific groups, violating multiple regulations. The plaintiffs are seeking a temporary injunction to maintain current employment status pending an independent review of the algorithm and arbitration proceedings. Meta has denied the allegations, stating that layoff decisions were made by humans. About a month ago, the California federal court heard a similar case involving HR firm Workday, which was sued over alleged discriminatory practices in its AI-powered hiring system. The judge ruled that the case could proceed, though Workday denied the allegations and provided explanations.