Months after Musk laid off some Twitter employees after taking over as the company’s CEO, they have disclosed that they are yet to receive their severance pay.
The affected employees from departments such as wellness, public policy, Marketing and communication disclosed that they are still yet to receive any severance information from the company.
According to spokesperson of Shannon Liss-Riordan, the attorney representing hundreds of former Twitter employees, Kevin Ready, he disclosed that her clients are yet to receive any severance information from the company.
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“There was some anticipation that they would be sent yesterday, but we haven’t seen that,” he added.
It is however interesting to note that Liss-Riordan has filed four proposed class action lawsuits against Twitter on behalf of the former employees affected by layoffs, claiming that Twitter backtracked on promises of remote work and severance benefits, as well as complaints related to alleged disability and gender-based discrimination.
Five employees who filed for a class action suit against Twitter on November 1, revealed that they were promised at least two months of severance pay, bonus plan compensation, cash value of vested Twitter equity, and healthcare coverage, but disclosed that these promises were not kept by Musk.
Reports reveal that Musk is evading the payment of severance to laid-off workers as he seeks to reduce expenses at the company he acquired for $44 billion, including a significant amount of debt which has seen him lay off half of the company’s employees.
Also, a report by The New York Times last month, disclosed that Twitter had internally discussed not providing severance pay to laid-off employees to further save on costs, causing uncertainty among affected workers.
On the 4th of November last year, Twitter CEO Elon Musk fired half of the company’s. employees across different teams and regions. Out of these 3,500 employees, 1,000 were posted in California, according to the documents filed with the state.
Twitter by state and federal laws, is required to pay employees in the state of California regular paychecks after the termination of their contracts for the last two months.
The 60-day period ended on January 4, 2023, marking the official termination of California employees. However, these employees note that they are yet to receive any formal severance offer or separation agreement.