Musk’s X Ordered to Pay $600,000 to Dismissed Irish Employee
- Commission rules €550,000 to be paid to former Twitter staffer
- Musk sent email to employees giving ultimatum over severance
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Elon Musk’s X has been ordered to pay compensation to a former staff member of its Irish unit in an unfair dismissal case.
The social network platform formerly known as Twitter was ordered to pay out over €550,000 ($602,640) to the former employee, Ireland’s Workplace Relations Commission, the state body responsible for adjudicating employment disputes, said on Tuesday. It is the largest sum the agency has ever awarded, according to Irish broadcaster RTE.