Twitter Wins Against Laid-Off Workers Over This

Twitter Wins Against Laid-Off Workers

January 14, 2023 Story: Mohd Javed

Twitter won laid-off workers class-action lawsuit over their severance pay.

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Hundreds of workers who were laid off by Elon Musk after he bought Twitter in October have already filed arbitration claims.

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A San Francisco federal judge ruled that five workers who sued in early November are obligated under their contracts to go through arbitration.

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In this, a private judges has resolved disputes in closed-door hearings.

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US District Judge James Donato said he’ll decide later how to handle complaints by workers who opted out of the arbitration agreement.

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An attorney who said the process could be costly for Twitter, which she accused of shortchanging employees on severance.

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Elon Musk has revealed some of the changes that will be implemented on Twitter from next week onwards.

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