A group of former workers at Twitter’s UK operation have accused the company of subjecting them to “unlawful, unfair and completely unacceptable” treatment during a “sham” redundancy process.
A law firm representing 43 Twitter staffers who were made redundant has raised the prospect of an employment tribunal to resolve the situation, which it says has been marred by a flawed consultation period under the company’s new owner, Elon Musk.
“We consider that an employment tribunal will take an extremely dim view of the company’s failings to date, not least having regard to its size, resources and access to legal advice,” said lawyers at the British firm Winckworth Sherwood in a letter emailed to Twitter executives and seen by the Guardian.
The firm said the redundancy process began for the affected employees on 18 November by treating them as if they had already been dismissed, despite a legal obligation to consult with people earmarked for losing their jobs for a minimum of 45 days.
It said immediately cutting off employees from internal company systems effectively suspended them from their jobs when Twitter had no contractual right to do so.
The letter added that blocking staff from accessing Twitter systems and premises made it “impossible” for employee representatives to help affected colleagues effectively. Winckworth claimed this was a breach of the 1992 Trade Union and Labour Relations Act and that an employment tribunal “would not hesitate to reach the same conclusion”...
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