Purusothaman sue META for discrimination.

[syed putra]

Meta must face lawsuit claiming it prefers foreign workers​

Reuters-28 Jun 2024, 06:04 AM

The decision reverses a federal judge’s dismissal of the lawsuit by a software engineer.​

Meta said Purushothaman Rajaram failed to show that the company intended to discriminate against US workers. (AP pic)


SAN FRANCISCO: A US appeals court on Thursday revived a software engineer’s proposed class action claiming Meta Platforms refused to hire him because it preferred to give jobs to foreign workers who are paid lower wages.
The San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 ruling said that a Civil War-era law barring discrimination in contracts based on “alienage” extends to bias against US citizens.

The decision reverses a California federal judge’s dismissal of a lawsuit by Purushothaman Rajaram, a naturalised US citizen who says Meta passes over American workers for jobs in favour of cheaper visa recipients. Rajaram is seeking to represent a class that includes thousands of workers.
Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The company in court filings has denied wrongdoing and said Rajaram failed to show that Meta intended to discriminate against US workers.

Daniel Low, a lawyer for Rajaram, said that bias against US citizens is a significant problem in the tech industry.
“We expect that this ruling will lead to more lawsuits seeking to end such discrimination,” Low said in an email.

 

[A Singaporean]

Fucking Sinkies should stand up and do the same here instead of being happy with cdc vouchers.

 

[batman1]

In USA there is real separation of powers among the executive,judiciary and legislsture to ensure checks n balances.

 

[Hightech88]

Stop reading at " Purushothaman Rajaram, a naturalised US citizen "

So this farking new CECA US citizen is complaining against other FTs and CECAs taking over his rice bowl. What an irony, LOL.