Yesterday brought news that Musk is set to slash Twitter’s workforce by 50% in an attempt to reduce operating costs. Bloomberg reports that employees filed a class-action.
What just happened? Twitter employees impacted by the mass layoffs implemented after Elon Musk’s takeover are filing a class action lawsuit against the company. The billionaire plans to reduce Twitter’s headcount by half, which would mean around 3,700 people losing their jobs, but staff claim the lack of notice is a violation of federal and California law.
Yesterday brought news that Musk is set to slash Twitter’s workforce by 50% in an attempt to reduce operating costs. Bloomberg reports that employees filed a class-action lawsuit in San Francisco federal court on the same day that claims the move violates the US Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act.
The WARN Act requires companies with 100 or more employees to provide a 60-day notice period to workers before making any layoffs affecting 50 or more people, giving them enough time to find other employment or retrain.