Twitter Is Sued For Allegedly Stalling Hundreds of Ex-Employees’ Legal Cases

Twitter Inc was sued on Monday for allegedly refusing to proceed with nearly 900 arbitration cases filed by ex-employees who were laid off or quit after Elon Musk acquired the social media company last year.

The proposed class action filed in San Francisco federal court claims Twitter has blocked at least 891 cases from proceeding by not paying initial arbitration fees, despite requiring laid-off workers to sign agreements to arbitrate legal disputes in exchange for severance pay.

The lawsuit was filed by Fabien Ho Ching Ma, who was laid off by Twitter in November 2022, and like hundreds of other ex-employees claims the company failed to pay promised severance.

Read more at Reuters.