UK staffers fired by Twitter when Elon Musk took the helm are claiming the dismissals were conducted unlawfully and include unacceptable severance terms, marking the latest labour-related challenge to hit the billionaire.
London-based law firm Winckworth Sherwood accused Twitter of carrying out “unlawful, unfair and completely unacceptable treatment” to former UK employees as part of a “sham redundancy process” in a letter sent to the social media platform on Tuesday, a copy of which was obtained by the Financial Times.
Winckworth represents 43 of the more than 180 UK staffers let go by the company in a mass lay-off exercise in early November, just days after Musk bought the platform for $44bn. Twitter is estimated to have cut almost half of its 7,500-strong workforce since then.