Twitter sued over ‘unlawful’ firings in UK
Christopher Hutton
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A group of employees from Twitter’s United Kingdom offices has filed a lawsuit against the company, alleging that they had been illegally fired.
The suit, filed by the London-based law firm Winckworth Sherwood, alleges that the employees’ firing was unlawful and is the latest legal difficulty that Twitter faces under Elon Musk’s newly established leadership. The company is also facing at least four class-action lawsuits from employees in the United States and several other suits pushing for better compensation.
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The law firm accused Twitter of “unlawful, unfair and completely unacceptable treatment” aimed at its former U.K. employees as part of a “sham redundancy process,” according to a letter acquired by the Financial Times. They are pushing for improved labor conditions and better funding.
The firm represented 43 out of the 180 U.K.-based employees who were laid off in early November. Musk has laid off more than 70% of the company’s staff since he took over the company since late October.
Mike Clancy, the general secretary for the U.K. trade union Prospect, urged Twitter to “pause the redundancy process” and meet with him soon. He also accused Twitter of “choosing not to honor the severance terms communicated and implemented before the acquisition.”
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The Big Tech platform currently faces other legal pressure for mass layoffs. Several employees filed a class-action suit against Twitter in early November after the initial round of firings, while at least 200 have filed legal complaints in the form of arbitration demands claiming the company failed to compensate them adequately.