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Twitter did not immediately respond to request for comment on potential legal concerns. But they also cautioned that with many details still unknown, the full scope of legal consequences are as yet unclear. “We’re being flooded with inquiries from Twitter employees and are in the process of pursuing a variety of legal claims,” Shannon Liss-Riordan, a labor attorney who sued Twitter for violations of the WARN Act, told NBC News. “We are doing everything we can just to keep up with the new legal issues that he’s raising hour by hour,” Liss-Riordan said of Musk’s swift changes at Twitter. Twitter employees who do pursue legal action in California could benefit from "employee friendly protections" in that state, Nendel‑Flores said.

Companies Twitter Inc FollowNov 17 (Reuters) - Twitter Inc (TWTR.MX) owner Elon Musk's mandate that employees stop working remotely and put in "long hours at high intensity" discriminates against workers with disabilities, a new lawsuit claims. Borodaenko said Musk's recent call for Twitter employees to return to the office or quit violates the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which requires employers to offer reasonable accommodations to workers with disabilities. The lawsuit said many Twitter employees with disabilities have been forced to resign because they could not meet Musk's demanding performance and productivity standards. Under federal law, employers can provide workers with 60 days of severance pay in lieu of giving notice. Reporting by Daniel Wiessner in Albany, New York; Editing by Alexia Garamfalvi and Bernadette BaumOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Elon Musk has 'worked every day to find new and creative ways to screw over the company's workers,' attorney suing Twitter over layoffs says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The attorney suing Twitter has filed an emergency motion to protect employees from signing away their rights. Musk sent his first email to employees on Wednesday, giving them only one day to return to office. Musk "has worked every day to find new and creative ways to screw over the company's workers," Liss-Riordan added in the statement. In the email, Musk said the company will no longer allow remote work — giving workers just one day to get back to the office. "Through this litigation, Twitter employees are going to show the richest man in the world that even he is not above the law," she added.

☆ Elon Musk failed to give laid-off Twitter employees previously promised severance packages, lawsuit alleges
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Laid-off Twitter employees are suing the company saying they were promised a range of severance benefits. The lawsuit says they were assured these benefits would hold after Elon Musk bought Twitter. However, recently laid-off employees say Twitter reneged on the promised severance pay. Twitter employees "reasonably relied" on this promise in the weeks leading up to Musk's purchase and chose not to look for jobs elsewhere, the lawsuit shows. This claim appears to contrast a November 4 tweet from Musk, which said that all exited employees were offered three months' severance.

☆ Elon Musk got rid of Twitter's remote-work policy. It's an attempt to 'manufacture' a reason to fire employees, claims the lawyer who's suing the company.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Marielle Descalsota | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Employees were promised at least one year of remote work benefits, a lawsuit against Twitter says. The decision is an attempt by Musk to find another way to downsize the company's workforce, says the lawyer who's suing Twitter. Musk laid off around 3,700 Twitter employees in his first weeks at the helm of the company. On November 3, several Twitter employees filed a lawsuit against the company for terminating workers without notice. "We are also changing Twitter policy such that remote work is no longer allowed, unless you have a specific exception.

☆ Laid-off Twitter employees claim in a lawsuit that the company 'persuaded' them not to look for new jobs in the run-up to Elon Musk's takeover
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Laid-off employees claim Twitter "persuaded" them not to job hunt in the runup to its acquisition. They said Twitter responded to staff's concerns about layoffs by reassuring them about severance packages. But after being laid off, they weren't given the severance promised, they said in legal filings. After Musk's plans to buy Twitter were first announced in April, "many Twitter employees" asked management about the changes that this would bring to the company, "in particular about mass layoffs," the former workers said. "We encourage employees not to sign the release that Twitter has said it is about to distribute to them."

Twitter is already facing a proposed class action claiming the layoffs are imminent and will violate U.S. and California laws if employees are not given advance notice or severance pay. The law defines mass layoffs as those affecting at least 500 employees during a 30-day period, or at least 50 employees if layoffs impact at least one-third of a company's workforce. The lawsuit claims the layoffs violate the WARN Act and a similar California law. The law firm behind that case, Boston-based Lichten & Liss-Riordan, also represents the Twitter workers who sued on Thursday. Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Hertz Corp (HERTZ.UL), restaurant chain Hooters and Florida hotel operator Rosen Hotels and Resorts Inc all settled WARN Act lawsuits over pandemic-related layoffs.

A lawsuit was filed against Twitter on Thursday alleging the social media company now headed by Elon Musk violated federal and state law that requires 60 days' notice of mass layoffs, according to a court document. But Twitter told employees it will continue to provide pay and benefits, even though they are no longer working. The suit seeks a court to declare that Twitter is violating the WARN Act and to prevent it from doing so. It also seeks to prevent Twitter from trying to obtain releases from workers without informing them of their rights and the lawsuit, according to the document. A Twitter employee told NBC News that Thursday’s email was the first communication staff members had received from the company since the acquisition Oct. 27.

☆ Twitter is getting sued as it gears up for mass layoffs, with lawsuit saying company didn't give employees enough notice of job cuts: Bloomberg
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Nidhi Pandurangi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A class-action lawsuit was filed against Twitter in San Francisco federal court, per Bloomberg. The lawsuit says Twitter did not give employees enough notice of layoffs, the news outlet reported. On Thursday, Twitter employees received an email from the company confirming that there would be layoffs on Friday, Insider's Kali Hays reported. Around 3,700 Twitter employees are expected to be laid off. Some Twitter employees began losing access to work platforms shortly after Musk told them to expect layoffs to begin the following day, Insider reported.

☆ Twitter cut more than 950 California employees after Elon Musk took over, WARN notice shows
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Lora Kolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

According to the letters from Twitter, shared by the California Employment Development Department, Twitter notified affected employees on Nov. 4. This kind of arrangement may serve as "payment in lieu of notice," in California depending on specific terms of employment. At the company's satellite locations in Santa Monica, Twitter cut approximately 93 employees including 17 mid-level officials and managers, 66 professionals and 10 combined sales and administrative support workers, the WARN notice showed. At a San Jose office, Twitter cut approximately 106 employees, including one executive or senior-level official or manager, 18 mid-level officials and managers, 85 professionals and two administrative support workers, according to the WARN notice. Shannon Liss-Riordan, a worker's rights attorney representing the terminated Twitter employees, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

☆ Capital One announces new Venture X travel credit card
▼ + stars: | 2021-11-04 | by ( Julian Kheel | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

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