Twitter sued by employees after mass layoffs begin

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Former employees of Twitter have sued the company, claiming that they were not given adequate notice that they had lost their employment as a result of ongoing mass layoffs

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Five current or former Twitter employees, including Emmanuel Cornet, a software engineer well-known for his satirical cartoons criticizing Silicon Valley

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who was fired on Tuesday, filed the class-action lawsuit in San Francisco federal court on Thursday.

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the business warned employees Thursday evening that it would start terminating employees, according to messages acquired by NBC News.

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Employees at Twitter anticipate that the business will lay off 3,700 workers, or 50% of its staff.

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Employers are required by the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act to give advance notification of large layoffs or factory closures, often within 60 days

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Musk tweeted: "Regarding Twitter's decrease in force, regrettably there is no choice when the firm is losing more than $4M/day

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Everyone who was let go received a 3 month severance package, which is 50% more than what was legally required.

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According to a representative for California's employment division, Twitter has not submitted any WARN notices to the organization this calendar year.

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