Former Twitter employees will give Musk headaches and costs

“Everyone who lost their job received three months of compensation,” Musk tweeted the next day.

Five recently fired Twitter employees immediately filed a class action lawsuit against the company.

They gave two main reasons. The first, the violation of an agreement signed before the purchase of the social network by the founder of Tesla.

In the boreal summer (winter in Brazil), the former Twitter board promeyour to employees who, in the event of a layoff plan, would receive a certain level of financial compensation.

The objective was to “prevent employees from leaving,” according to Shannon Liss-Riordan, lawyer for the whistleblowers.

Around 700 workers resigned before they were sure that the billionaire would take over the platform.

“Then Musk came along and threw this promeout the window”, said the lawyer.

The second reason refers to the 60-day notice period required by American law for mass layoffs (Warn law, or “warning law” in free translation), which was not respected in the case of some employees.

“Twitter claims they were fired for misconduct, when in our opinion they were part of a wider dismissal scheme,” Liss-Riordan pointed out.

Bedroom offices

The lawyer is also following two other class actions, one on behalf of employees of an outsourced company and the other for discrimination.

Two weeks after the layoffs, Musk issued an ultimatum: work full time in the office or leave. However, telecommuting is the only option for some employees with disabilities.

The San Francisco-based company is also being investigated for turning some of its headquarters into employee dormitories, according to local radio station KQED News.

The platform asked San Francisco federal judge James Donato to dismiss the five former employees' claims and force them to submit to individual arbitration, based on a clause in their contracts.

The plaintiffs, in turn, are asking the court to collectively decide whether Twitter violated the law, before referring them to arbitration.

“Should the court opt ​​for arbitration, we are prepared to file hundreds, if not thousands, of individual claims to ensure employees receive their due,” says Liss-Riordan.

Source: AFP

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