Twitter staff who face losing their jobs in the UK have been given three days to nominate a representative for a formal consultation about their employment.
An email sent to staff from Twitter’s HR department on Saturday said they had until 9am on Tuesday to nominate any current employee. Staff can nominate themselves.
The social media company began widespread staff cuts around the world on Friday, with suggestions that as many as half of its more than 7,500 staff could be axed.
Workers in the UK have been told the company plans to inform and consult employee representatives before potential redundancies, as required by employment law.
The news comes after Elon Musk, the company’s new owner, said he had “no choice” but to cut 50% of Twitter’s staff.
Musk said the firm he bought for $44bn (39bn) at the end of October is currently losing around $4m (3.5m) a day.
The first Twitter layoffs were announced one day after Musk bought the company, with the former CEO Parag Agrawal among those who received their notice.
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