According to the lawyer, all the workers signed agreements to submit disputes against the company to arbitration and not to take it to court, which means that they probably will not be able to participate in the class actions.
The communications company laid off some 3,700 employees in early November as part of Musk’s cost-cutting plan, which paid $44 billion to acquire the social media platform. Hundreds more resigned later.
The arbitration lawsuits accuse Twitter of sexual discrimination, breach of contract and illegal firing of employees who were on medical or paternity leave.
However, Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Liss-Riordan said her firm has spoken with hundreds of other former Twitter employees and intends to file more claims for arbitration.
“Twitter’s conduct since Musk took over is unbelievably egregious, and we’re going to pursue all avenues to protect workers and get Twitter the compensation they’re owed.“, said.
Pending class action lawsuits allege that Twitter fired employees and contractors without the 60-day notice required by law, disproportionately fired women and pushed workers with disabilities out of business by refusing to allow remote work.
Twitter also faces at least three lawsuits filed with a US labor board alleging workers were fired for criticizing the company, attempting to stage a strike and other conduct protected by federal labor law.
The company has denied having infringed the law that requires notice and has not yet responded to the other claims.
Source: Ambito
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