Elon Musk beats $500m severance suit over mass Twitter layoffs
by Nick Robins-Early and agencies from Technology | The Guardian on (#6P46J)
Judge said court lacked jurisdiction for case, in which workers argued they didn't receive proper compensation
A US court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit claiming Elon Musk refused to pay at least $500m in severance to thousands of Twitter employees he fired in mass layoffs after buying the social media company now known as X.
US district judge Trina Thompson in San Francisco ruled on Tuesday that the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (Erisa) governing benefit plans did not cover the former employees' claims, and therefore she lacked jurisdiction.
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