Twitter targeted women for layoffs under Elon Musk, lawsuit says

The proposed class motion mentioned that Twitter beneath Elon Musk laid off 57% of its feminine employees in comparison with 47% of males.
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Twitter has been hit with one other lawsuit stemming from the current purging of half its workforce, this one accusing the social media firm of disproportionately focusing on feminine workers for layoffs.

The proposed class motion filed late on Wednesday in San Francisco federal courtroom mentioned that after Twitter was taken over by Elon Musk, the world’s richest particular person, it laid off 57% of its feminine employees in comparison with 47% of males.

Twitter laid off roughly 3,700 workers in early November in a cost-cutting measure by Musk, and lots of extra subsequently resigned.

The gender disparity was extra stark for engineering roles, the place 63% of girls misplaced their jobs in comparison with 48% of males, in line with the brand new lawsuit.

The lawsuit filed by two ladies who had been laid off by Twitter final month accuses the corporate of violating federal and California legal guidelines banning office intercourse discrimination.

Twitter didn't instantly reply to a request for remark.

Shannon Liss-Riordan, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, mentioned ladies “had targets on their backs” as soon as Musk acquired the corporate, no matter their expertise and contributions.

Liss-Riordan represents present and former Twitter workers in three different pending lawsuits filed in the identical courtroom since final month.

These instances embrace numerous claims, together with that Twitter laid off workers and contractors with out the advance discover required by regulation and did not pay promised severance, and that Musk pressured out employees with disabilities by refusing to permit distant work and calling on workers to be extra “hardcore.”

At the least three employees have individually filed complaints towards Twitter with the Nationwide Labor Relations Board claiming they confronted retaliation for advocating for higher working situations.

Twitter has denied wrongdoing within the lawsuit involving advance discover, and has not responded to the opposite complaints.