Twitter Sued Over Elon Musk's Mass Layoffs

On Thursday (November 3, 2022) Twitter laid off five employees without providing proper notice in accordance with California's WARN Act. According to the legislation, if a large corporation plans to lay off a large number of employees, it must provide at least 60 days' notice.

The claim also alleges that another of Elon Musk's businesses engages in similar conduct. Twitter employees began receiving termination letters late on Thursday. Estimates vary, but it's safe to assume that around half of the company's 7,500 workers will be laid off. Despite reports that Musk initiated the layoffs, he did not sign the official notification that was distributed to staff on Thursday.

Reporter Chris Geidner uploaded the entire lawsuit on Thursday, naming five Twitter employees who were either terminated formally or had their work accounts locked on that day, possibly in preparation for their termination. Even Musk's electric vehicle manufacturing company, Tesla, gets called out for mass layoffs with inadequate notice. The corporation was then "ordered by a federal court to notify the employees of the claims filed on their behalf," the lawsuit said. There's no reason for the court not to grant the new lawsuit's attorneys' request to have it certified as a class action.

In an effort to increase revenue for the social media platform and reduce expenses, Musk is likely in the process of laying off around 3,700 employees. Twitter's San Francisco office will be closed this Friday as a result of the increasing number of workers who are out of work.