Elon Musk may have exposed Twitter to serious legal liability that could wreak financial damage on the company, two labor experts told ABC News.
to employees asking that they commit to being, in Musk's words, "extremely hardcore" and "work long hours of high intensity" or resign. The move sent more workers out the door.
The combined lawsuits could cost Twitter "many millions of dollars," Michael LeRoy, a professor of labor and employment relations at University Of Illinois, told ABC News.However, the legal proceedings could take more than five years to resolve, affording the company leverage if it were to pursue settlements with former employees, LeRoy added.
The company stressed that all legal requirements to former employees have been fulfilled, revealing that laid-off workers were informed that their last day at Twitter would be on Jan. 4, which is over the 60-day requirement under federal law. In a separate class-action lawsuit – also overseen by Liss-Riordan – a disabled former employee is suing the company over allegations the ultimatum that workers be "extremely hardcore" forced disabled workers to resign because they could not meet the elevated standard for work performance.
LeRoy, of the University of Illinois, said the breakneck speed of Musk's personnel decisions has placed his company on precarious legal ground.Still, the company could make arguments focused on exemptions in relevant law, LeRoy said. For example, the federal statute that mandates large companies provide notice ahead of mass layoffs excludes companies suffering financial hardship, he added. "That adds some degree of ambiguity to the situation," he said.
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