Lawsuits upon lawsuits! Elon Musk’s Twitter has been accused of illegal layoffs

Twitter has been accused of improperly terminating contract workers without notice in the sixth complaint filed against the social media corporation in federal court in San Francisco. The move by the federal court in San Francisco is the result of a number of cost-cutting measures implemented by Twitter shortly after billionaire business entrepreneur Elon Musk took over as the company’s new owner.

According to the proposed class action, Twitter fired a number of employees from staffing agency TEKsystems Inc. in November of last year without providing the requisite 60 days’ notice under US and California law.

Additional complaints against Twitter are underway, accusing the social media corporation of discriminating against employees with impairments and targeting female staff for layoffs. Twitter has refuted all allegations of impropriety.

Twitter lay off over 3,700 employees, or half of its workforce, in November 2023 as part of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting measures. Musk purchased the social media site for $44 billion. Following Musk’s takeover of the site, hundreds more staff resigned.

Result of Twitter layoffs

Elon Musk’s platform is facing a sixth lawsuit for allegedly breaking labor rules in connection with mass layoffs in November 2022.

Shannon Liss-Riordan, who represents the plaintiffs in all of the claims, told Reuters 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.”

Liss-Riordan also stated that she has filed private arbitration proceedings on behalf of over 1,700 former Twitter workers and contractors who signed agreements to arbitrate legal matters. She stated that TEKsystems employees did not sign arbitration agreements.

Liss-Riordan also represents employees who have filed complaints against Twitter with a US labor board, alleging that they were fired for criticizing the firm, attempting to organize a strike, and engaging in other behavior permitted by US federal labor law.