Judge rules ex-employees must turn to private arbitration

Elon Musk can breathe easier now that Twitter won’t be facing a class action from recently laid-off workers.

The five former employees of the San Francisco-based social media giant must pursue their claims in private arbitration, U.S. District Judge James Donato has ruled.

The ex-employees have accused the company of failing to give adequate notice before laying them off, which occurred shortly after Musk purchased Twitter in October.

Donato granted Twitter’s request to have the five ex-employees pursue their claims individually, citing agreements they signed with the company, according to the CNN report. However, the judge didn’t yet decide on whether the entire class action lawsuit must be dismissed, “as warranted by developments in the case.”

Donato noted that three other former Twitter employees who alleged they had opted out of the company’s arbitration agreement have joined the lawsuit after it was first filed.

Previously, lawyer Shannon Liss-Riordan, who is representing former Twitter employees, said she has filed around 300 demands for arbitration relating to Twitter layoffs.

Recently, Twitter sent separation agreements to laid-off workers months after the layoffs happened. That agreement states that employees must waive their right to ever sue the company, assist anyone in a legal case against the company unless required by law, or speak negatively about Twitter, its management or Musk.

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