employment discrimination

Twenty-six Meta employees are asking a federal court to stop their July 22 terminations, alleging that internal AI systems, activity monitoring, and AI-usage metrics disproportionately pushed workers with disabilities or protected medical and family leave into an 8,000-person layoff. Meta denies...

A federal judge in San Francisco ruled on June 22, 2026, that Workday must face claims that its AI-powered hiring tools screened out job applicants in ways that allegedly violated California anti-discrimination law and federal disability protections. The ruling does not decide whether Workday’s...

A federal judge in San Francisco ruled on June 22, 2026, that Workday must continue defending nationwide discrimination claims alleging its AI-powered hiring tools screened out job applicants based on protected traits including age, race, and disability. The ruling does not decide that Workday’s...

A federal judge in San Francisco heard arguments on June 15, 2026, over whether California’s employment discrimination law can reach Workday’s AI-powered hiring tools when those tools are used by employers across the United States. The fight is not merely about one software vendor or one state...