The case is one of many accusing Musk of reneging on promises to former Twitter employees, including former Chief Executive Parag Agrawal, and vendors after buying the company for $44 billion in October 2022.
Musk also runs the electric car company Tesla, and is the world’s richest person, according to Forbes magazine.
The plaintiffs Courtney McMillian, who oversaw Twitter’s compensation and benefits, and Ronald Cooper, an operations manager, said Twitter instead offered fired employees just one month of pay as severance, with no benefits.
The judge said the plaintiffs can try amending their complaint, but only for claims not governed by ERISA.
The case is McMillian et al v. Musk et al, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, No.
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CNN — Elon Musk, Trina Thompson, Musk, Parag Agrawal, Courtney McMillian, Ronald Cooper, Twitter, Thompson, ”
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CNN, U.S, Twitter, Forbes, Court, Northern District of
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San Francisco, U.S, Northern District, Northern District of California