REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 30 (Reuters) - A California federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing X, the social media service formerly called Twitter, of disproportionately laying off older workers when Elon Musk acquired the company last year.
Zeman, for example, claims X laid off 60% of workers who were 50 or older and nearly three-quarters of those who were over 60, compared with 54% of employees younger than 50.
The judge dismissed a claim that X intentionally targeted older workers for layoffs, but gave Zeman a month to file an amended lawsuit fleshing out that claim.
The lawsuit is one of about a dozen X is facing stemming from Musk's decision to lay off about half of Twitter's workforce beginning last November.
Liss-Riordan also represents about 2,000 former Twitter employees who have filed similar legal claims against the company in arbitration.
Persons:
Porte, Gonzalo Fuentes, X, Elon Musk, Susan Illston, John Zeman, Zeman, Illston, Shannon Liss, Riordan, Zeman's, Liss, Daniel Wiessner, Andrea Ricci
Organizations:
SpaceX, Tesla, Viva Technology, Porte de, REUTERS, Twitter, Elon, U.S, Thomson
Locations:
Paris, France, California, Albany , New York