Twitter Must Notify Laid-off Workers Of Pending Lawsuit, Judge Rules – By Daniel Wiessner (IB Times) / Dec 15, 2022
Twitter Inc must notify the thousands of workers who were laid off after its acquisition by Elon Musk of a proposed class action accusing the company of failing to give adequate notice before terminating them, a San Francisco federal judge has ruled.
U.S. District Judge James Donato in a three-page order on Wednesday said that before asking workers to sign severance agreements waiving their ability to sue the company, Twitter must give them “a succinct and plainly worded notice” of the lawsuit filed last month.
Twitter laid off roughly 3,700 employees in early November in a cost-cutting measure by Musk, the world’s richest person, and hundreds more subsequently resigned.
The lawsuit says Twitter failed to give the 60 days notice required by federal and California laws before engaging in mass layoffs. Twitter has denied wrongdoing.
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