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An artificial intelligence manager at an experimental San Francisco retail store has recommended firing an employee for excessive absenteeism, marking the first such decision and prompting debate over AI authority in workplace management.
A Seoul court has upheld a one-month pay cut for a dance company manager who told a female employee she was the 'pretty one' who should sit next to the company president, ruling the remark amounted to workplace sexual harassment.
A US federal judge has declined to halt Meta's layoff of 26 employees who allege the company used AI systems to discriminate against workers with disabilities. The case marks the first major challenge to AI-assisted termination practices.
Twenty-six Meta employees are suing the tech giant, contending its AI-assisted layoff process systematically discriminated against staff taking protected medical, parental or family leave during the company's May redundancy round.
Twenty-six former Meta employees have sued the tech giant, claiming it deployed AI systems to disproportionately select workers with disabilities or medical leave for redundancy during its 2024 workforce cuts.
A US labour judge has ordered Atlassian to reinstate an engineer and provide financial compensation after ruling her 2023 firing was illegal retaliation for speaking out on workplace concerns—a rare legal victory for tech workers.