Twitter Inc is facing its second lawsuit this month, with former workers claiming the company owes at least $500 million in severance pay following Elon Musk’s acquisition of the social media company.
The proposed class action, filed by former Twitter senior engineer Chris Woodfield in Delaware federal court, alleges that the company specifically targeted older workers for layoffs, a claim not made in other pending cases.
Woodfield states that Twitter had promised two months’ salary and other payouts for laid-off employees, but he and others have not received the money.
Last October, Twitter laid off more than half of its workforce to cut costs after Musk’s acquisition. Another similar lawsuit was filed last week in California federal court, claiming over $500 million in severance owed to ex-employees.
Twitter has not yet responded to that lawsuit, but it has denied other claims of discrimination, lack of notice, and non-payment of promised bonuses.
