{"id":1736634,"date":"2022-11-13T06:14:10","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T11:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1736634"},"modified":"2022-11-13T06:48:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T11:48:31","slug":"laid-off-twitter-employees-sue-musk-over-severance-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/laid-off-twitter-employees-sue-musk-over-severance-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"Laid-Off Twitter Employees Sue Musk Over Severance Pay"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flaid-off-twitter-employees-sue-musk-over-severance-pay%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1736634&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Recently fired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-twitter\">Twitter<\/a> employees are now suing the social media company after its new owner, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-elon-musk\">Elon Musk<\/a>, pulled their original severance benefit packages.<\/p>\n<p>Five of the former employees, who filed a class action complaint against Twitter, have accused Musk of breaking his promise to allow them to keep at least two months of severance pay, bonus plan compensation, cash convertible company stock, and health insurance coverage, according to court documents seen by The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>All five lost their severance benefits when Musk laid off half of Twitter\u2019s staff, or about 3,700 employees, on Nov. 4.<\/p>\n<p>Three of the plaintiffs, according to the filing, were locked out of their company accounts on Nov.\u00a0 3 but notified that they would receive pay until Jan. 4, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter announced in a company email on Nov. 3, that it would begin the layoffs in \u201can effort to place Twitter on a healthy path and\u201d that said staffers would get notices via email about their employment status.<\/p>\n<p>The new complaints were posted on updated court filings at the federal court in San Francisco on Nov. 8, reported BusinessInsider.<\/p>\n<h2>Musk Under Fire<\/h2>\n<p>The attorney for the five workers, Shannon Liss-Riordan, filed an emergency motion on Nov. 9 to compel Twitter to inform laid-off employees about the pending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-lawsuit\">lawsuit<\/a> before it can reach any separation agreements with them.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter\u2019s management had allegedly promised that all terminated employees would retain the equivalent of the original severance package after Musk took over the social media platform.<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiffs said they\u00a0had \u201creasonably relied\u201d on this pledge and provided evidence of statements made\u00a0at company staff meetings, a recent FAQ, and in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1418091\/000119312522120474\/d310843ddefa14a.htm\">merger agreement filed with the SEC.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>They said that because they had no reason to believe that Musk would cut their separation packages, so they failed to look for jobs elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>The claims made in the class\u00a0action filed on Nov. 1 differ from a more recent statement made by Musk via Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegarding Twitter\u2019s reduction in force, unfortunately there is no choice when the company is losing over $4M\/day. Everyone exited was offered 3 months of severance, which is 50% more than legally required,\u201d stated Musk in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1588671155766194176?s=20&#038;t=9iQ-RKzoJQ7w4Ex-NSfEpA\">tweet<\/a>\u00a0on Nov. 5.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4823977\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/10\/27\/Elon-Musks-Twitter-profile-1200x800.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-medium wp-image-4823977\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Elon-Musks-Twitter-profile-600x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"Elon Musk&#039;s Twitter profile on smartphone and printed Twitter logos\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4823977\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Elon-Musks-Twitter-profile-600x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"Elon Musk&#039;s Twitter profile on smartphone and printed Twitter logos\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Elon Musk\u2019s Twitter profile on a smartphone placed on printed Twitter logos on April 28, 2022. (Dado Ruvic\/Illustration\/Reuters)<\/figure>\n<p>Twitter later informed the former employees that they would now only receive one month\u2019s base pay after their termination, according to the accusation in the updated lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>Parag Agrawal, Ned Segal, Vijaya Gadde, and Sarah Personette, Twitter\u2019s former top executives, would have taken in\u00a0a collective $88 million severance package after their separation from the company.<\/p>\n<p>Musk, on Oct. 31, denied\u00a0that he had gotten rid of the four \u201cfor cause\u201d to avoid giving them hefty severance payout bonuses,\u00a0reported BusinessInsider.<\/p>\n<h2>WARN Act<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cTwitter is now engaged in conducting mass layoffs without providing the required notice under the federal WARN Act,\u201d said the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>The WARN Act is the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which requires a 60-day notice for certain plant closings or mass layoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Riordan accused Musk of allegedly counting an extra two months of severance pay after certain employees were told last week that they would be laid off within 60 days.<\/p>\n<p id=\"taboolaReadMoreBelow\">She said that Musk was trying to force all laid-off employees to release their claims on their compensation benefits in exchange for their one month of severance pay.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4634352\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/07\/01\/twitter-2-1200x800.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-medium wp-image-4634352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/twitter-2-600x400-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4634352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/twitter-2-600x400-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Twitter\u2019s headquarters in San Francisco on Aug. 13, 2019. (Glenn Chapman\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<p>The lawsuit further alleges that some staff members were locked out of their Twitter account\u2019s notification function that they were laid off but were later told they would receive severance pay until Jan. 4, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter has promised that it will continue to provide pay and benefits to former employees, even after their termination.<\/p>\n<h2>Employees Ordered Into Office<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, Musk sent\u00a0his first email\u00a0to employees on Nov. 9, ordering them to return to the office within one day while banning remote work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe road ahead is arduous and will require intense work to succeed,\u201d the email read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStarting tomorrow (Thursday), everyone is required to be in the office for a minimum of 40 hours per week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Liss-Riordan said in her filing, that Musk made a promise to Twitter employees that they could keep their remote working arrangements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince taking control of Twitter just two weeks ago, it seems Elon Musk has worked every day to find new and creative ways to screw over the company\u2019s workers,\u201d Liss-Riordan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/elon-musk-new-ways-screw-over-twitter-workers-attorney-lawsuit-2022-11\">told Business Insider.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis emergency motion that we just filed is an effort to protect the employees Twitter is laying off from signing away their rights to get what they are owed by the company.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-bryan-jung\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ttl7daySGw_WEB_BrianJung.jpg\" alt=\"Bryan Jung\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bryan S. Jung is a native and resident of New York City with a background in politics and the legal industry. He graduated from Binghamton University.\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently fired Twitter employees are now suing the social media company after its new owner, Elon Musk, pulled their original severance benefit packages.Five of the former employees, who filed a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1736637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1736634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1736634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1736634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1736634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1736637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1736634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1736634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1736634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}