Twitter is being sued for allegedly targeting women during its recent layoffs—the latest claim filed protesting how the layoffs were handled. We've gathered articles on the news from SHRM Online and other media outlets.
Layoffs Challenged Based on Gender
Soon after Elon Musk bought Twitter, the company laid off about 3,700 employees, roughly half its workforce, and hundreds more then resigned. The new lawsuit said that Twitter laid off 57 percent of its female employees compared with 47 percent of men. The gender disparity was greater for engineering roles, where 63 percent of women lost their jobs, compared to 48 percent of men, according to the lawsuit.
"It's not a huge surprise unfortunately that women were hit so hard by these layoffs when Elon Musk was overseeing these incredibly ad-hoc layoffs just in a matter of days," said Shannon Liss-Riordan, the plaintiffs' lawyer, who is in Boston.
Twitter has denied wrongdoing in a lawsuit involving the alleged failure to provide advance notice and hasn't responded to other complaints.
Other Complaints
Other complaints against Twitter claim it backed out of promises to allow remote work and provide consistent severance benefits after Musk bought the company, as well as complaints related to alleged disability- and gender-based discrimination, and another lawsuit on behalf of Twitter contractors who were laid off. At least one employee claimed that Twitter did not provide enough notice of the layoffs, allegedly violating...
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