Twitter must tell fired workers about severance lawsuit, judge rules
2 years ago

Twitter must tell fired workers about severance lawsuit, judge rules

Hindustan Times  

Twitter Inc. must tell departing employees there’s an active lawsuit against the social media company over severance pay and benefits, a federal judge ruled. Twitter must tell fired workers about severance lawsuit, judge rules Twitter has been requiring employees who accept a severance package that includes a month of base pay to sign a waiver agreeing not to join lawsuits against the company. Filed by a handful of workers, the suit alleges Twitter failed to give the required 60 to 90 days notice about the mass layoffs and is shortchanging the former employees on severance pay. Shannon Liss-Riordan, an employment lawyer who previously tangled with Musk over layoffs at Tesla Inc., his electric-car company, argues in the Twitter suit that former workers are entitled to at least two months’ base pay, and maybe more depending on the number of years they worked there.

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Elon Musk beats $500m severance lawsuit by fired Twitter workers
6 months ago

Elon Musk beats $500m severance lawsuit by fired Twitter workers

Al Jazeera  

The US judge said the federal law governing benefit plans did not cover the former employees’ claims. United States District Judge Trina Thompson in San Francisco, California ruled on Tuesday that the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act governing benefit plans did not cover the former employees’ claims, and therefore she lacked jurisdiction. The case is one of many accusing …

Former Twitter executives sue Elon Musk over firings, seek more than $128 million in severance
10 months ago

Former Twitter executives sue Elon Musk over firings, seek more than $128 million in severance

Associated Press  

Former senior executives of Twitter are suing Elon Musk and X Corp., saying they are entitled to a total of more than $128 million in unpaid severance payments. Twitter’s former CEO Parag Agrawal, Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal, Chief Legal Counsel Vijaya Gadde and General Counsel Sean Edgett claim in the lawsuit filed Monday that they were fired without a …

Ex-Twitter CEO Parag Agarwal, 3 others sue Elon Musk for $128 million in severance pay
10 months ago

Ex-Twitter CEO Parag Agarwal, 3 others sue Elon Musk for $128 million in severance pay

Hindustan Times  

Four ex-Twitter executives, including former Chief Executive Officer Parag Agrawal, sued company owner Elon Musk for allegedly stiffing them on more than $128 million in severance payments after they were ousted from the company. The former top officials said Musk showed “special ire” toward them after he took over the social-media platform in 2022, publicly vowing to withhold their severance …

Elon Musk’s X finally agrees to try and settle Twitter’s mass layoffs lawsuit
1 year, 3 months ago

Elon Musk’s X finally agrees to try and settle Twitter’s mass layoffs lawsuit

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Elon Musk’s X has agreed to attempt to settle a lawsuit by former …

Twitter owes ex-employees $500 million in severance, lawsuit claims
1 year, 5 months ago

Twitter owes ex-employees $500 million in severance, lawsuit claims

Live Mint  

Twitter is facing a second lawsuit claiming it owes at least $500 million in severance pay to former workers. The proposed class action filed by former Twitter senior engineer Chris Woodfield also alleges that the company targeted older workers for layoffs, though the complaint does not state his age. According to the lawsuit, Woodfield signed an agreement to arbitrate work-related …

Laid-off Twitter Africa team ‘ghosted’ without severance pay or benefits, former employees say
1 year, 5 months ago

Laid-off Twitter Africa team ‘ghosted’ without severance pay or benefits, former employees say

CNN  

Nairobi, Kenya CNN — Former employees of Twitter Africa who were laid off as part of a global cost-cutting measure after Elon Musk’s acquisition have not received any severance pay more than seven months since leaving the company, several sources told CNN. In late May, the former employees, who were based in the Ghanaian capital Accra, accepted Twitter’s offer to …

New lawsuit claims Elon Musk’s Twitter owes more severance to former employees
1 year, 5 months ago

New lawsuit claims Elon Musk’s Twitter owes more severance to former employees

CNN  

New York CNN — A former Twitter employee on Wednesday filed a new lawsuit against Twitter and its owner, Elon Musk, alleging that the company failed to provide the full amount of severance it had promised employees prior to mass layoffs last November. The lawsuit, which was filed in federal district court in California and seeks class action status, asks …

Twitter accused of ducking legal fight over Musk’s mass layoffs
1 year, 6 months ago

Twitter accused of ducking legal fight over Musk’s mass layoffs

LA Times  

Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco. Twitter is refusing to engage in arbitration with ex-employees who were fired when Elon Musk took over the company after pushing them to use that process to resolve claims that they weren’t paid, didn’t receive promised severance or were discriminated against, according to a lawsuit. The company now known as X Corp. has been accused …

Twitter accused of failing to pay millions in employee bonuses after Musk takeover
1 year, 6 months ago

Twitter accused of failing to pay millions in employee bonuses after Musk takeover

CNN  

CNN — Twitter failed to pay out annual bonuses to staff after its acquisition by billionaire Elon Musk despite repeated assurances from executives in the lead-up to the deal closing that the company would do so, according to a new lawsuit filed on behalf of employees. In the months leading up to Musk completing his acquisition of Twitter, company executives …

Wrongly fired? Twitter to re-hire some employees, Elon Musk admits some firing were not correct
1 year, 7 months ago

Wrongly fired? Twitter to re-hire some employees, Elon Musk admits some firing were not correct

India Today  

Twitter will re-hire some of the employees that were laid off in the past few months. In an interview with CNBC’s David Faber following the latest Tesla shareholder meeting, Elon Musk confirmed the same and admitted that the layoffs were not done in the correct manner. For those who are unaware, Elon Musk took control of Twitter back in October …

Twitter again accused of legal violations during mass layoffs
1 year, 9 months ago

Twitter again accused of legal violations during mass layoffs

The Hindu  

Twitter Inc. faced a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing the social media giant of illegally laying off contract workers without notice after Elon Musk bought the company last year, the latest action stemming from its massive job cuts. The proposed class action, filed in San Francisco federal court, claims Twitter in November laid off numerous workers employed by staffing firm TEKsystems …

Gag order ruling could free up ex-Twitter employees to criticize Elon Musk
1 year, 10 months ago

Gag order ruling could free up ex-Twitter employees to criticize Elon Musk

LA Times  

Company bikes sit outside an office building at Google’s campus in Mountain View, Calif. Shannon Liss-Riordan, whose firm has filed more than 1,300 arbitration claims against Twitter and represents nearly half of the company’s laid-off workers, said the issue was “far from settled” and advises ex-employees not to sign a severance agreement if they plan on pursuing any legal claim …

Twitter's laid-off workers cannot pursue claims via class-action lawsuit, says judge
1 year, 11 months ago

Twitter's laid-off workers cannot pursue claims via class-action lawsuit, says judge

The Hindu  

Twitter Inc. has secured a ruling allowing the social media company to force several laid-off workers suing over their termination to pursue their claims via individual arbitration than a class-action lawsuit. U.S. District Judge James Donato on Friday ruled that five former Twitter employees pursuing a proposed class action accusing the company of failing to give adequate notice before laying …

Elon Musk chops severance pay of fired Twitter employees, notifies them using spammy emails
1 year, 11 months ago

Elon Musk chops severance pay of fired Twitter employees, notifies them using spammy emails

Firstpost  

Elon Musk had assured the fired staff of Twitter that they would be given a handsome severance package along with some benefits. However, the actual severance pay that former Twitter employees received was significantly less than what they are owed. When Elon Musk took over Twitter and fired nearly half of its original staff, his team assured that employees who …

Laid-off Twitter workers feared meager severance deals. Elon Musk just set the bar even lower
2 years ago

Laid-off Twitter workers feared meager severance deals. Elon Musk just set the bar even lower

LA Times  

After months of waiting, hundreds of Twitter employees laid off by Elon Musk in early November received their separation agreements by email Saturday morning. The agreements offered one month of severance pay, but with a major catch — employees must sign away their right to ever sue the company, assist anyone in a legal case against the company unless required …

Sacked Twitter employees disappointed after Elon Musk chops severance pay, emails arrive in spam folders
2 years ago

Sacked Twitter employees disappointed after Elon Musk chops severance pay, emails arrive in spam folders

India Today  

Elon Musk laid off thousands of employees in the last few months and promised to pay them severance in return. Until last week, the billionaire hadn’t shared concrete details about severance pay with employees, but it appears that some of the impacted employees have received severance pay email over the weekend. As India Today Tech reported last week, Twitter India …

Two months after getting laid off, Twitter employees are still waiting for severance pay
2 years ago

Two months after getting laid off, Twitter employees are still waiting for severance pay

India Today  

Twitter’s new chief, Elon Musk, fired almost 50 per cent of the company’s workforce soon after he took over. However, it's been more than two months and the employees are still waiting for the severance letter, let alone the severance pay. A Twitter employee who was laid off in November took to the social media site to share that he …

Inside the final days of Twitter 1.0: How Elon Musk razed us to the ground
2 years ago

Inside the final days of Twitter 1.0: How Elon Musk razed us to the ground

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. She worked on Twitter’s "civic integrity" …

Hundreds of former Twitter employees sue Elon Musk and Twitter for ‘illegal’ terminations, not paying severance
2 years ago

Hundreds of former Twitter employees sue Elon Musk and Twitter for ‘illegal’ terminations, not paying severance

Firstpost  

Elon Musk and Twitter were previously sued for gender discrimination for disproportionately targeting women during Twitter Layoffs. Elon Musk-led Twitter has been sued by over 100 former Twitter employees on the grounds of legal violations that stemmed from the arbitrary and illegal terminations of thousands of employees. Shannon Liss-Riordan, a lawyer for the workers, said she had filed 100 demands …

Twitter must tell fired workers about severance lawsuit, judge rules
2 years ago

Twitter must tell fired workers about severance lawsuit, judge rules

LA Times  

Twitter wants employees who accept a severance package to sign a waiver agreeing not to join lawsuits against the company. Twitter employees terminated in Elon Musk’s mass layoffs must be told about a lawsuit on their behalf against the company before they’re asked to give up their legal rights to qualify for severance pay, a judge ruled. Filed by a …

Twitter sued for disproportionately targeting women and staff on family leave during mass layoff
2 years, 1 month ago

Twitter sued for disproportionately targeting women and staff on family leave during mass layoff

Firstpost  

Twitter and Elon Musk have been accused of targeting women and other employees on paternity leaves and maternity leaves. A class-action lawsuit has now been filed by a number of women who were laid off by Twitter, which alleges that Elon Musk and his team of Tesla & SpaceX engineers brought to manage Twitter, disproportionately targeted women and other staff …

Twitter accused of targeting women in layoffs in new lawsuit
2 years, 1 month ago

Twitter accused of targeting women in layoffs in new lawsuit

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Two women who lost their jobs after Elon Musk’s $44bn takeover of Twitter …

Women sue Musk’s Twitter alleging discriminatory layoffs
2 years, 1 month ago

Women sue Musk’s Twitter alleging discriminatory layoffs

Associated Press  

Two women who lost their jobs at Twitter when billionaire Elon Musk took over are suing the company in federal court, claiming that last month’s abrupt mass layoffs disproportionately affected female employees. “The mass termination of employees at Twitter has impacted female employees to a much greater extent than male employees – and to a highly statistically significant degree,” Liss-Riordan …

Ex-Twitter Employees Plan to ‘Bombard’ Company With Legal Claims
55 years ago

Ex-Twitter Employees Plan to ‘Bombard’ Company With Legal Claims

Wired  

Just a month after Twitter’s new CEO, Elon Musk, oversaw massive staff layoffs, former Twitter employees have announced that they’re filing suit over the company’s severance policies. Rafael Nendel‑Flores, a California-based employment lawyer, says the legal strategy of filing multiple arbitration suits, which is likely a way to get around the constraints of a dispute resolution agreement, will pile pressure …

Outgoing Twitter employees prepare for legal campaign against world’s richest man
2 years, 1 month ago

Outgoing Twitter employees prepare for legal campaign against world’s richest man

LA Times  

In the wake of the ultimatum Elon Musk issued in mid-November to the remaining team at Twitter to commit to a “hardcore” culture or leave, several former employees are pursuing legal action against him. Business Elon Musk’s ultimatum leaves Twitter in chaos and employees in the dark Elon Musk offered employees a deal: Commit to a new “hardcore” Twitter or …

Laid off, called back & fired again: Ex-Twitter staffer post for help goes viral
2 years, 1 month ago

Laid off, called back & fired again: Ex-Twitter staffer post for help goes viral

Live Mint  

It is surely not a good time to be in the tech sector. After laying off about 3,700 workers, the microblogging company reportedly reached out to some of these laid-off employees and asked them to return back as they were laid off by ‘mistake’. But days later, he was called back for being ‘critical talent’ to Twitter and told to …

Twitter Africa employees accuse Elon Musk of discrimination over severance terms
2 years, 1 month ago

Twitter Africa employees accuse Elon Musk of discrimination over severance terms

CNN  

CNN Business — Laid-off employees at Twitter’s Africa headquarters are accusing Twitter of “deliberately and recklessly flouting the laws of Ghana” and trying to “silence and intimidate” them after they were fired. They have also petitioned the Ghanaian government to compel Twitter to “adhere to the laws of Ghana on redundancy and offer the employees a fair and just negotiation …

Explained: How Elon Musk's control of Twitter has driven employees to quit
2 years, 1 month ago

Explained: How Elon Musk's control of Twitter has driven employees to quit

Firstpost  

Since Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, hundreds of employees have decided to depart with three months of severance pay. On Wednesday, Musk gave Twitter’s remaining employees just under 36 hours to leave or commit to building “a breakthrough Twitter 2.0.” Those who departed would get three months of severance pay, he said. Jeff Seibert, a former head of consumer product …

Disabled Employee Files Lawsuit Against Twitter Over Elon Musk's Ban On Work From Home
2 years, 1 month ago

Disabled Employee Files Lawsuit Against Twitter Over Elon Musk's Ban On Work From Home

ABP News  

A former disabled employee at Twitter Dmitry Borodaenko filed a lawsuit against the company on Wednesday claiming that Elon Musk’s latest advisory for the employees which asked them to be ready for “long hours of high-intensity work” or take a three-month severance pay, discriminates against workers with disabilities. Bringing his Tesla way of work style to Twitter, Elon Musk has …

Disabled employee files lawsuit against Twitter for banning Work From Home
2 years, 1 month ago

Disabled employee files lawsuit against Twitter for banning Work From Home

Live Mint  

As Twitter employees brace for recent advice from Elon Musk to be ready for “long hours of high-intensity work” or take a three-month severance pay, a former disabled employee has filed a lawsuit against the company claiming that the advisory discriminates against workers with disabilities. The lawsuit claims that the company's recent call to employees to return and work from …

'Condemn The Way Twitter Sacked Indian Employees': IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw On Mass Layoffs
2 years, 2 months ago

'Condemn The Way Twitter Sacked Indian Employees': IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw On Mass Layoffs

ABP News  

Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has criticised the decision by Elon Musk-run Twitter to sack its employees in India, saying that they should have been given a "fair time for transition". Vaishnaw's reaction, first reported by Business Standard, came as Musk fired about half of Twitter's workforce globally, including nearly 150-180 employees in India. "We condemn the way Twitter has …

Twitter has asked some of its fired employees to come back, says they were fired 'mistakenly': Report
2 years, 2 months ago

Twitter has asked some of its fired employees to come back, says they were fired 'mistakenly': Report

Firstpost  

A lot of Android and iOS developers, with years of experience, who were ‘mistakenly fired’ have been asked to return by Twitter’s management after they realised their skill and experience were vital to implement what Elon Musk had planned for the platform. Elon Musk and his team who are running Twitter laid off about 3700 employees from its global workforce …

Days After Laying Off Half The Company, Twitter Asks Some Employees To Come Back
2 years, 2 months ago

Days After Laying Off Half The Company, Twitter Asks Some Employees To Come Back

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Just days after laying off about half of Twitter’s workforce following Elon Musk’s acquisition, the company is now asking dozens of those employees to come back. But according to Platformer and Bloomberg, the company is already trying to reverse course and hire back dozens of employees it just laid off ― continuing the chaos Musk has brought …

Will Twitter layoffs under new CEO Elon Musk violate U.S. law?
2 years, 2 months ago

Will Twitter layoffs under new CEO Elon Musk violate U.S. law?

The Hindu  

Twitter Inc. has begun laying off employees under its new owner, Elon Musk. Twitter is already facing a proposed class action claiming the layoffs are imminent and will violate U.S. and California laws if employees are not given advance notice or severance pay. Shannon Liss-Riordan, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said on Friday that it appeared Twitter was making an …

Twitter slashes its staff as Musk era takes hold on platform
2 years, 2 months ago

Twitter slashes its staff as Musk era takes hold on platform

Associated Press  

Twitter began widespread layoffs Friday as new owner Elon Musk overhauls the company, raising grave concerns about chaos enveloping the social media platform and its ability to fight disinformation just days ahead of the U.S. midterm elections. He added that Twitter’s “efforts on election integrity — including harmful misinformation that can suppress the vote and combatting state-backed information operations — …

Elon Musk’s 1st tweet after Twitter layoffs: ‘No choice when company losing…’
2 years, 2 months ago

Elon Musk’s 1st tweet after Twitter layoffs: ‘No choice when company losing…’

Live Mint  

Elon Musk, the new head of Twitter, has defended his move of sacking the company's almost 50% of its workforce. Companies are under increasing pressure to decide on whether to keep spending on Twitter after Musk took over the company last week and ushered in sweeping changes, including content moderation. Musk has also blamed the losses on a coalition of …

At Twitter, Elon Musk sets this time to find out if employees have been fired
2 years, 2 months ago

At Twitter, Elon Musk sets this time to find out if employees have been fired

Live Mint  

A few days after Elon Musk took the reins of Twitter following a $44 billion deal, Twitter started laying off employees on Friday, according to a memo sent to staff. Twitter employees have been bracing for this kind of bad news since Musk completed his mammoth $44 billion acquisition late last week and quickly set about dissolving its board and …

Elon Musk to begin layoffs at Twitter
2 years, 2 months ago

Elon Musk to begin layoffs at Twitter

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW YORK: A week after billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk acquired Twitter, employee layoffs at the social media company are expected to get underway on Friday and about half of Twitter's 7,500 workers appeared set to lose their jobs, according to a media report. The New York Times, citing a company-wide email, reported that Musk will “begin laying off Twitter employees …

’Your role at Twitter’: How Elon Musk is firing employees
2 years, 2 months ago

’Your role at Twitter’: How Elon Musk is firing employees

Live Mint  

Hours after reports arrived that Twitter Inc. was sued over Elon Musk’s plan to eliminate about 3,700 jobs at the social-media platform, another set of reports arrived that Twitter allegedly sent an email to its employees where they get to know their roles by 5pm PST on 4 November. The mail that is allegedly being leaked says, "Given the nature …

Twitter sued for mass layoffs by Elon Musk without enough notice: Report
2 years, 2 months ago

Twitter sued for mass layoffs by Elon Musk without enough notice: Report

Hindustan Times  

Twitter was sued over Elon Musk’s plan to eliminate about 3,700 jobs at the social-media platform-- half of its workforce -- which workers say the company is doing without enough notice in violation of federal and California law. Elon Musk Twitter: Tesla CEO Elon Musk took ownership of Twitter last week. The federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act restricts …

Elon Musk to begin layoffs at Twitter today: report
2 years, 2 months ago

Elon Musk to begin layoffs at Twitter today: report

The Hindu  

November 04, 2022 08:29 am | Updated 12:34 pm IST - New York Watch | Elon Musk and the recent hectic developments at Twitter A week after billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk acquired Twitter, employee layoffs at the social media company are expected to get underway on November 4 and about half of Twitter’s 7,500 workers appeared set to lose their …

Former employees sue Twitter over layoffs, alleging violation of labor laws
2 years, 2 months ago

Former employees sue Twitter over layoffs, alleging violation of labor laws

LA Times  

Former Twitter employees have sued the social media giant, alleging that the company violated and planned to violate federal and state laws that govern mass layoffs. The lawsuit comes as a large fraction of Twitter’s employee base has been receiving layoff notices in the wake of Elon Musk’s $44-billion acquisition of the company. Plaintiff Emmanuel Cornet was laid off from …

With Twitter layoffs set to start, employees worry about getting their severance
2 years, 2 months ago

With Twitter layoffs set to start, employees worry about getting their severance

LA Times  

Elon Musk reportedly plans to lay off about half of Twitter’s workforce as part of sweeping changes since he took control of the social media company. If Musk doesn’t offer similar severance packages to employees laid off in the next year, they would have grounds to sue the company as intended third-party beneficiaries to the agreement, said Lloyd Greif, chief …

Explained: How Elon Musk is trying to avoid paying $122 million severance to Parag & other fired Twitter execs
2 years, 2 months ago

Explained: How Elon Musk is trying to avoid paying $122 million severance to Parag & other fired Twitter execs

Firstpost  

Elon Musk is also planning to lay off more people by November 1 so that Twitter can avoid giving stock grants that are due to all employees of Twitter, on November 1, end of business hours. Furthermore, several reports have emerged that he plans on terminating a number of other people before November 1, so that he can avoid giving …

Musk denies reports he is firing Twitter employees in attempt to avoid payouts
2 years, 2 months ago

Musk denies reports he is firing Twitter employees in attempt to avoid payouts

The Hindu  

Twitter's new owner Elon Musk has denied a New York Times report about laying off Twitter employees at a date earlier than Nov. 1 to avoid stock grants due on the day. Mr. Musk fired Twitter Chief Executive Parag Agrawal, Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal and legal affairs and policy chief Vijaya Gadde on completion of a high-profile $44 billion …

Twitter employees protest Elon Musk's plan to fire 75% of staff
2 years, 2 months ago

Twitter employees protest Elon Musk's plan to fire 75% of staff

Daily Mail  

Twitter employees have penned an open letter slamming Elon Musk's plans to fire as much as three-quarters of the company's workforce ahead of the deadline for his $44 billion acquisition, which must be completed by Friday or be settled in court. Elon Musk's plans to fire as much as three-quarters of the company's workforce ahead of the deadline for his …

Twitter Employees Warn Elon Musk, Say Mass Layoffs Would Be 'Reckless': Report
2 years, 2 months ago

Twitter Employees Warn Elon Musk, Say Mass Layoffs Would Be 'Reckless': Report

ABP News  

After reports emerged that Tesla CEO Elon Musk is planning "to cut 75 per cent of Twitter staff if he takes over", employees at the microblogging platform warned the world's richest man that mass layoffs would be "reckless", reported by IANS on Tuesday. In a memo written to employees, Twitter General Counsel Sean Edgett warned them against "tons of public …

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