New California suit joins 5 already pending in same court
Twitter Inc is facing a new lawsuit accusing the social media company of laying off contract workers without notice, following the acquisition of the company by Elon Musk last year.
The proposed class action, filed in San Francisco federal court, claims that Twitter laid off numerous workers employed by staffing firm TEKsystems Inc without providing the 60 days of advance notice required by U.S. and California law.
“The employees Twitter paid through TEKsystems were not temporary employees,” according to the suit. Instead, they were routinely told they would have the opportunity to become direct Twitter employees, and “are part of the same mass layoffs affecting employees directly employed by Twitter,” it continued..
The contract workers concerned argue they were a “contingent workforce” with the same duties as employees and thus deserved the same notice period (there is currently a bill being considered that would extend the notice period substantially.)
This is the latest in a string of lawsuits against Twitter, with five other cases currently pending in the same court. These lawsuits allege that the company violated labor laws by targeting female workers for layoffs and discriminating against employees with disabilities. Twitter has consistently denied these allegations.
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