Elon Musk-Run Twitter Sued By Its Employees Over Its Failure To Pay Bonuses For Last Year

Microblogging platform Twitter has been sued by its employees over its failure to pay bonuses for last year, despite promises that the company will pay at least 50 per cent of the target amounts.

Twitter Sued By Its Employees

According to the lawsuit filed in the San Francisco federal court, the staff alleged that Twitter refused to pay employees who remained employed in the first quarter of 2023 any bonus.

The lawsuit on behalf of current and former Twitter employees was filed by Mark Shobinger, former senior director of compensation at the company.

”Both before and after Elon Musk’s acquisition was completed in October 2022, Twitter’s management continuously promised the company’s employees, including the plaintiff, that their annual bonus for 2022 will be paid under the Bonus Plan,” the lawsuit read.

The microblogging platform, which once had a 7,500-strong workforce, has so far terminated more than 75 per cent of its employees. Last week, the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) had sued Twitter for $250 million over a copyright infringement.

”Twitter fuels its business with countless infringing copies of musical compositions, violating publishers’ and others’ exclusive rights under copyright law,” the lawsuit read.