Twitter Sued By Former Staff As Mass Firings Begin

[Webster]

(The Guardian) Full story: Twitter sued by former staff as Elon Musk begins mass sackings
Twitter is facing a class action lawsuit from former employees who say they were not given enough notice under US federal law that they had lost their jobs, finding out they had been let go when they were locked out of their work accounts on Thursday.

In a company-wide memo, staff were informed on Thursday that they would receive an email to their personal email accounts if they were being fired as part of the mass sackings at the platform in which up to half of the company could go. Before those emails arrived, dozens of staff began posting on Twitter that they had been fired – after discovering they were no longer able to access their work email accounts or log into their work laptops.

Musk’s plans to cut up to 3,700 staff may hit a roadblock, however, after a lawsuit was filed in the US federal court in San Francisco seeking orders for Twitter to comply with the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which requires 60 days’ notice for mass sackings at large employers.

The lawsuit, brought on behalf of five Twitter employees so far, says one was fired on 1 November, while three were not informed at the time of filing but had been locked out of their email accounts.

The case cited a similar situation with sackings at Musk’s other company, Tesla, where the company sought to obtain full release from its obligations under the Warn Act by offering severance of one or two weeks’ pay instead.

Twitter sued by former staff as Elon Musk begins mass sackings

Ex-employees say they were not given enough notice under US federal law over job losses

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[KenDaGamer]

He let that power as the new Twitter owner of his gone to his head.

 

[Webster]

(The Guardian) Here’s a handy explainer, courtesy of Reuters, about the class action lawsuit against Elon Musk and Twitter claiming that layoffs violate US and California laws if employees are not given advance notice or severance pay.

--What does US law require?
The federal worker adjustment and retraining notification act (Warn) requires businesses with 100 or more employees to provide 60 days’ notice before engaging in mass layoffs, defined as those affecting at least 500 employees during a 30-day period, or at least 50 employees if layoffs impact at least one-third of a company’s workforce. Employers can provide workers with 60 days of severance pay in lieu of giving notice.

--What are the penalties for violating the Warn act?
An employer can be ordered to give laidoff workers 60 days of back pay. The law also imposes penalties of $500 per violation per day. Comparable laws in California and other states impose similar penalties.

--What is Twitter accused of?
The lawsuit claims Twitter locked employees out of their accounts on Thursday, signaling that they will soon lose their jobs. One of the five named plaintiffs, who is based in California, says he was terminated on 1 November without notice or severance pay. It is not clear if Twitter is paying severance to workers who lose their jobs. The plaintiffs say they are concerned that Twitter will ask workers targeted for layoffs to sign releases waiving their ability to sue in exchange for modest severance pay.

--Have other Elon Musk-owned businesses been sued under the Warn act?
Tesla Inc was sued in Texas federal court in June following an abrupt nationwide purge of its workforce, including 500 layoffs at a factory in Sparks, Nevada.

The law firm behind that case, Boston-based Lichten & Liss-Riordan, also represents the Twitter workers who sued on Thursday. The firm did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Tesla has said it was merely “right-sizing” by firing poorly performing workers and not engaging in layoffs that required advance notice.

 

[Webster]

He let that power as the new Twitter owner of his gone to his head.

In that case (can't believe I'm defending Musk here but still) we should see Tesla and SpaceX and Neuralink and the Boring Company fall apart....

 

[Webster]

(The Guardian) Here’s a handy explainer, courtesy of Reuters, about the class action lawsuit against Elon Musk and Twitter claiming that layoffs violate US and California laws if employees are not given advance notice or severance pay.

--What does US law require?
The federal worker adjustment and retraining notification act (Warn) requires businesses with 100 or more employees to provide 60 days’ notice before engaging in mass layoffs, defined as those affecting at least 500 employees during a 30-day period, or at least 50 employees if layoffs impact at least one-third of a company’s workforce. Employers can provide workers with 60 days of severance pay in lieu of giving notice.

--What are the penalties for violating the Warn act?
An employer can be ordered to give laidoff workers 60 days of back pay. The law also imposes penalties of $500 per violation per day. Comparable laws in California and other states impose similar penalties.

--What is Twitter accused of?
The lawsuit claims Twitter locked employees out of their accounts on Thursday, signaling that they will soon lose their jobs. One of the five named plaintiffs, who is based in California, says he was terminated on 1 November without notice or severance pay. It is not clear if Twitter is paying severance to workers who lose their jobs. The plaintiffs say they are concerned that Twitter will ask workers targeted for layoffs to sign releases waiving their ability to sue in exchange for modest severance pay.

--Have other Elon Musk-owned businesses been sued under the Warn act?
Tesla Inc was sued in Texas federal court in June following an abrupt nationwide purge of its workforce, including 500 layoffs at a factory in Sparks, Nevada.

The law firm behind that case, Boston-based Lichten & Liss-Riordan, also represents the Twitter workers who sued on Thursday. The firm did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Tesla has said it was merely “right-sizing” by firing poorly performing workers and not engaging in layoffs that required advance notice.

 

[Webster]

(The Guardian) Employment lawyer: Musk at risk of discrimination claims
The speed of layoffs could expose Elon Musk and Twitter to discrimination claims if it turns out they disproportionally affected women, people of color, or older workers, an employment lawyer has told the Associated Press.

Attorney Peter Rahbar, founder of the New York law firm the Rahbar Group, told the agency that most employers “take great care in doing layoffs of this magnitude”. He said: “First, they want to make sure there is justification, and second that a nondiscriminatory process is used. And third, they want to do everything they can not to draw attention to it, for these reasons. For some reason, [Musk] wants to lay off half the company without doing any due diligence on what these people do or who they are and without any regards to the law”.

Twitter is already facing a class action lawsuit filed in San Francisco on Thursday by ex-employees who say they were denied the required notice period that they were about to lose their jobs.

 

[MrDawn]

In that case (can't believe I'm defending Musk here but still) we should see Tesla and SpaceX and Neuralink and the Boring Company fall apart....

If Elon kept his fucking mouth shut, his business' would do better.

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[Nebulous]

US federal court in San Francisco seeking orders for Twitter to comply with the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which requires 60 days’ notice for mass sackings at large employers.

He should just give everyone 60 days of pay and it would be settled.

 

[Webster]

He should just give everyone 60 days of pay and it would be settled.

He should've given them 60 days warning before laying anyone off....