Ex-Twitter executives sue Elon Musk for $128m in unpaid severance
by Nick Robins-Early from Technology | The Guardian on (#6K397)
Suit by former employees, including ex-CEO Parag Agrawal, follows a separate legal complaint by other workers seeking $500m
Elon Musk is facing a $128m lawsuit from four former Twitter executives who allege the billionaire tech mogul failed to pay them severance after buying the social network. The suit, filed on Monday in California, follows a separate legal complaint last year by rank-and-file employees seeking $500m in unpaid severance.
Because Musk decided he didn't want to pay Plaintiffs' severance benefits, he simply fired them without reason, then made up fake cause and appointed employees of his various companies to uphold his decision," the suit alleges.
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