Twitter was hit with a class action lawsuit filed by a former Twitter senior engineer. He accused the company owes at least $500 million in severance pay to ex-workers. Elon Musk acquired the company in October last year and fired more than 50% of the staff as a cost-cutting measure.
How is this case different
The lawsuit, filed in Delaware federal court by former Twitter senior engineer Chris Woodfield, is the latest in a series of cases filed against the social media company. The ex-employee alleges that the company targeted older workers for layoffs – a claim that has not been made in the other pending cases, news agency Reuters reported.
According to Woodfield, Twitter said that the laid off employees will receive two months’ salary and other payouts but that workers have not received the money. Woodfield also accuses Twitter of breach of contract and fraud, and claims that he was targeted because he is an “older worker”.
A similar lawsuit was filed last week. While Twitter, in response to other lawsuits, said that laid-off workers have been paid in full, it is yet to respond to the lawsuit.
In the previous case, it was alleged that Twitter refused to pay at least $500m in promised severance to thousands of employees. It was filed by Courtney McMillian, who oversaw Twitter’s employee benefits programs as its “head of total rewards” before she was laid off in January.
The Twitter severance plan was created in 2019, under which most workers were promised two months of their base pay plus one week of pay for each full year of service if they were laid off.
Twitter has already been accused in several separate lawsuits. It has been claimed that Twitter targeted women and workers with disabilities during layoffs, failed to give advance notice of layoffs and did not pay promised bonuses to its remaining employees. The company has denied those claims.
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Twitter was hit with a class action lawsuit filed by a former Twitter senior engineer. He accused the company owes at least $500 million in severance pay to ex-workers. Elon Musk acquired the company in October last year and fired more than 50% of the staff as a cost-cutting measure.
How is this case different
The lawsuit, filed in Delaware federal court by former Twitter senior engineer Chris Woodfield, is the latest in a series of cases filed against the social media company. The ex-employee alleges that the company targeted older workers for layoffs – a claim that has not been made in the other pending cases, news agency Reuters reported.
According to Woodfield, Twitter said that the laid off employees will receive two months’ salary and other payouts but that workers have not received the money. Woodfield also accuses Twitter of breach of contract and fraud, and claims that he was targeted because he is an “older worker”.
A similar lawsuit was filed last week. While Twitter, in response to other lawsuits, said that laid-off workers have been paid in full, it is yet to respond to the lawsuit.
In the previous case, it was alleged that Twitter refused to pay at least $500m in promised severance to thousands of employees. It was filed by Courtney McMillian, who oversaw Twitter’s employee benefits programs as its “head of total rewards” before she was laid off in January.
The Twitter severance plan was created in 2019, under which most workers were promised two months of their base pay plus one week of pay for each full year of service if they were laid off.
Twitter has already been accused in several separate lawsuits. It has been claimed that Twitter targeted women and workers with disabilities during layoffs, failed to give advance notice of layoffs and did not pay promised bonuses to its remaining employees. The company has denied those claims.
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