A U.S. appeals court docket on Thursday revived a class-action lawsuit filed by a pc engineer who alleges Meta Platforms refused to rent him as a result of it most popular to make use of foreigners at decrease wages.
The San Francisco-based Ninth Circuit Court docket of Appeals dominated 2-1 {that a} Civil Struggle-era legislation prohibiting hiring discrimination on the idea of “alienity” extends to prejudice in opposition to U.S. residents.
The choice reverses a federal choose’s earlier ruling in California to dismiss a lawsuit by Purushothaman Rajaram, a naturalized citizen who claims Meta bypasses U.S. staff in favor of others with cheaper visas. Rajaram says he represents a category that features 1000’s of staff.
Meta, which owns Fb, Instagram and WhatsApp, and Rajaram’s legal professionals didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
The corporate denied any wrongdoing in court docket and stated Rajaram had did not show that Meta supposed to discriminate in opposition to American staff.
The appeals court docket had by no means addressed the query of whether or not federal legislation, Part 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, protects U.S. residents from discrimination in hiring.
The one different appeals court docket to take action, the New Orleans-based Fifth Circuit, stated the legislation didn’t apply to U.S. residents in a 1986 choice. The cut up created by the Ninth Circuit on Thursday will increase the probabilities that the Supreme Court docket might hear the case if Meta appeals.
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– 2024-07-07 06:10:37
