Elon Musk has been having a pretty tough time with Twitter ever since he bought the company for $44 billion. He fired its CFO, CEO, and other top executives as well as nearly half of the company’s workforce. However, some of them were called back for work.
The Tesla CEO’s actions have now taken him to court as some of the fired workers have filed a lawsuit against him. Their lawyer has stated that they want to hold the billionaire accountable. Let’s find out in detail about the lawsuit and what it says.
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Elon Musk Faces Lawsuit From Fired Twitter Employees
Right after the acquisition of Twitter, the world’s richest man fired nearly half of its workforce to cut costs. Now, his actions have brought him to court.
Several fired employees have filed cases against Musk over the terms of their terminations. Lawyer Shannon Liss-Riordan said, “It’s very concerning that the richest man in the world thinks that he can walk all over employee rights and doesn’t have to follow the law. We intend to hold him accountable“.
Liss-Riordan is leading one of the cases against Musk. They claim that a lot of employees did not receive the promised severance and compensation from the company. It includes bonuses, stock options, and an exit package.
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Musk Had Warned Employees To Embrace His Work Ethic Or Quit
Right after taking over, Musk had told his Twitter employees to embrace a “hardcore” work ethic or quit. The lawyers are claiming that it ignored California law by denying compensation and the 60-day warning time.
He also squashed the work-from-home condition and ordered all his employees to work from the office. Amir Shevat, a former employee said: “There was a blunt disregard for personal conditions such as relevant medical issues. All this was done while Elon Musk was abusing us in public on Twitter“.
The South African billionaire also recently installed bedrooms in the San Francisco headquarter for employees to work longer hours.
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