It was learned that the mass dismissal and downsizing will affect almost half of Twitter’s workers.
Twitter has been sued in connection with Elon Musk’s proposal to lay off approximately 3,700 employees.
It was learned that the mass dismissal and downsizing will affect almost half of Twitter’s workers.
According to Bloomberg, Twitter employees said the business was firing people without giving them enough notice, in violation of federal and California law.
Elon Musk To Lays Off Half Of Twitter’s Employees
As they lost access to their laptops, emails, and internal slack channels, several Twitter employees went to the microblogging network.
However, a class-action complaint was filed Thursday in federal court in San Francisco.
Twitter plans to begin layoffs on Friday, according to an email sent to employees.
According to people familiar with the situation, Musk promised to cut costs at the platform he purchased for $44 billion last month.
The Federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act prohibits large corporations from conducting mass layoffs without providing at least 60 days’ notice.
Twitter did not immediately react to a comment request.
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The lawsuit requests that the court issue an order directing Twitter to comply with the WARN Act and prohibiting the firm from asking employees to sign agreements that could waive their ability to engage in litigation.
“We filed this lawsuit tonight in an attempt to make sure that employees are aware that they should not sign away their rights and that they have an avenue for pursuing their rights,” Shannon Liss-Riordan, the attorney who filed Thursday’s complaint, said in an interview.
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