Ammon News - Twitter Inc has agreed to allow the social media company to force several employees suing over their dismissals to pursue their claims through individual arbitration rather than a class-action lawsuit. decision has been obtained.

US District Judge James Donato ruled Friday that five former Twitter employees pursuing a proposed class action alleging the company failed to provide adequate notice following its acquisition by Elon Musk can pursue their claims in private arbitration. should do.

Donato accepted Twitter’s request to compel the five former employees to pursue their claims individually, citing agreements they signed with the company.

Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment.


The San Francisco judge went on to hold for another day “depending on developments in the case” whether the entire class action lawsuit should be dismissed, however, as he turned his attention to three other former Twitter employees who alleged That he has opted out of the arbitration agreement of the company. For the first time since the filing of the suit.

Last year, Donato ruled that Twitter must notify thousands of workers who were laid off following its acquisition by Musk in a proposed class action that would require the company to give them adequate notice before terminating them. was accused of failure.

The judge said that before asking the workers to sign severance agreements exempting them from their ability to sue the company, Twitter should have given them “a concise and clearly worded notice”.

Twitter laid off about 3,700 employees in early November in a cost-cutting measure by Musk, and hundreds have since resigned.

Last December, Twitter was also accused by dozens of former employees of various legal violations stemming from Musk’s acquisition of the company, including targeting women for layoffs and failing to pay promised severance.

Twitter also faces at least three complaints filed with the U.S. Labor Board, which claim employees are being harassed for criticizing the company, attempting to strike, and other conduct protected by federal labor law was fired for.