Twitter employees file lawsuit claiming mass layoffs violate federal law requiring notice

A class-action lawsuit was reportedly filed against Twitter on Thursday on behalf of workers claiming the company’s intended layoffs violate a federal law requiring 60 days notice for employees.

A week after Elon Musk finalized his $44 billion purchase of the Silicon Valley-based social media platform, a letter went out to employees saying about half of the company’s 7,500-person workforce will be losing their jobs starting Friday.

"Team, in an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the difficult process of reducing our global workforce on Friday," Thursday's email...