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On April 4, Twitter Inc faced a lawsuit accusing the company of illegally laying off contract workers without notice after Elon Musk bought the company in late 2022. This is the latest action in the wake of massive job cuts at the social media giant, Reuters reports.
The proposed class action was filed in San Francisco federal court. It claims that in November 2022 Twitter laid off numerous workers employed by staffing firm TEKsystems Inc without the 60 days of advance notice required by US and California law
Five other cases are reportedly pending in the same court accusing Twitter of violating those notice laws, targeting female workers for layoffs and discriminating against employees with disabilities. Twitter has denied wrongdoing.
Twitter laid off around 3,700 employees - half its workforce - in November 2022 in a cost-cutting measure instigated by new owner Mr Musk, who paid $44 billion to acquire the social media platform. Hundreds more employees subsequently resigned.
Twitter and Maryland-based TEKsystems is named as a defendant in the lawsuit but did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Shannon Liss-Riordan - who represents the plaintiffs in all the cases - said in an email, "While Elon Musk seems to think he's saving the company money by avoiding these obligations, we plan to show him that not meeting his responsibilities can be a lot more costly."
In addition, Ms Liss-Riordan said she has filed complaints in private arbitration on behalf of more than 1,700 former Twitter employees and contractors who signed agreements to arbitrate legal disputes. She said workers employed by TEKsystems did not sign arbitration agreements.
Ms Liss-Riordan also reportedly represents workers who have filed complaints against Twitter with a US labour board claiming they were fired for criticising the company, attempting to organize a strike and engaging in other conduct protected by federal labour law.
Twitter has yet to respond to the claims.
Source: Reuters
(Quotes via original reporting)
On April 4, Twitter Inc faced a lawsuit accusing the company of illegally laying off contract workers without notice after Elon Musk bought the company in late 2022. This is the latest action in the wake of massive job cuts at the social media giant, Reuters reports.
The proposed class action was filed in San Francisco federal court. It claims that in November 2022 Twitter laid off numerous workers employed by staffing firm TEKsystems Inc without the 60 days of advance notice required by US and California law
Five other cases are reportedly pending in the same court accusing Twitter of violating those notice laws, targeting female workers for layoffs and discriminating against employees with disabilities. Twitter has denied wrongdoing.
Twitter laid off around 3,700 employees - half its workforce - in November 2022 in a cost-cutting measure instigated by new owner Mr Musk, who paid $44 billion to acquire the social media platform. Hundreds more employees subsequently resigned.
Twitter and Maryland-based TEKsystems is named as a defendant in the lawsuit but did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Shannon Liss-Riordan - who represents the plaintiffs in all the cases - said in an email, "While Elon Musk seems to think he's saving the company money by avoiding these obligations, we plan to show him that not meeting his responsibilities can be a lot more costly."
In addition, Ms Liss-Riordan said she has filed complaints in private arbitration on behalf of more than 1,700 former Twitter employees and contractors who signed agreements to arbitrate legal disputes. She said workers employed by TEKsystems did not sign arbitration agreements.
Ms Liss-Riordan also reportedly represents workers who have filed complaints against Twitter with a US labour board claiming they were fired for criticising the company, attempting to organize a strike and engaging in other conduct protected by federal labour law.
Twitter has yet to respond to the claims.
Source: Reuters
(Quotes via original reporting)