Another lawsuit hits Twitter, former employees allege dues of $500 million worth severance pay

Twitter is facing yet another lawsuit filed by its former employees. The suit alleges that Twitter failed to pay $500 million worth of severance pay that was promised.

Former senior engineer of Twitter Chris Woodfield filed the lawsuit as a proposed class action. Class Action is a legal proceeding in which one or more plaintiffs file a lawsuit on the behalf of a larger group. Woodfield has also alleged that Twitter targeted older employees for layoffs.

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The lawsuit claims that Twitter promised that employees who would be let go will be given two months salary and other benefits as the severance package. However a large number of employees have not received the compensation yet.

Last week a similar case was filed in California seeking more than $500 million in severance payments for former Twitter employees. This lawsuit claims that the company violated federal regulations on employee benefit plans by failing to adhere to the terms of a severance plan established prior to Musk's acquisition.

As per a CNN report, former employees of Twitter Africa who were laid off as part of a global cost-cutting measure after Elon Musk’s acquisition have not received any severance pay more than seven months since leaving the company. A former twitter Africa employee has told CNN that the company 'literally ghosted' them after layoffs.

However, Twitter's response to these allegations has been far from conventional. The company resorted for automated response with only a poop emoji for the inquiries by CNN. But, previously Twitter had claimed that all laid off employees had been properly compensated.