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Twitter Accused of ‘Sham’ Redundancy Process by Staff Targeted in Mass Firings
- UK law firm accuses Twitter of being unlawful and unfair
- Staff warn they will file lawsuit if issues are not resolved
Musk laid off about half of Twitter’s more-than 7,000 employees on Nov. 4.
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Twitter Inc. was accused of carrying out a “sham redundancy process” and threatened with lawsuits by UK staff targeted by mass firings following Elon Musk’s takeover of the social-media giant.
Winckworth Sherwood LLP said Twitter had behaved “unfairly and without regard for English law” when it took moves to fire staff late last year by locking them out of company systems, according to a letter sent to the company on Monday and seen by Bloomberg News.