Twitter confronted a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing the social media big of illegally shedding contract employees with out discover after Elon Musk purchased the corporate final yr, the newest motion stemming from its huge job cuts.
The proposed class motion, filed in San Francisco federal court docket, claims Twitter in November laid off quite a few employees employed by staffing agency TEKsystems with out the 60 days of advance discover required by US and California legislation.
5 different instances are pending in the identical court docket accusing Twitter of violating these legal guidelines, concentrating on feminine employees for layoffs and discriminating towards workers with disabilities. Twitter has denied wrongdoing.
Twitter laid off roughly 3,700 workers, or half its workforce, in early November in a cost-cutting measure by Musk, who paid $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,37,465 crore) to accumulate the social media platform. Tons of extra workers subsequently resigned.
Twitter and Maryland-based TEKsystems, named as a defendant within the lawsuit, didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
Shannon Liss-Riordan, who represents the plaintiffs in the entire instances, mentioned in an e-mail: “Whereas Elon Musk appears to suppose he is saving the corporate cash by avoiding these obligations, we plan to point out him that not assembly his tasks is usually a lot extra expensive.”
Liss-Riordan mentioned she additionally has filed complaints in personal arbitration on behalf of greater than 1,700 former Twitter workers and contractors who signed agreements to arbitrate authorized disputes. She mentioned employees employed by TEKsystems didn’t signal arbitration agreements.
Liss-Riordan additionally represents employees who’ve filed complaints towards Twitter with a US labour board claiming they have been fired for criticizing the corporate, trying to prepare a strike, and different conduct protected by federal labour legislation.
Twitter has not responded to these claims.
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