US EditionMusk's X Reaches Tentative Settlement with Former Twitter Workers in $500 Million Lawsuit
- On August 19, 2025, Elon Musk's company X reached a provisional settlement with former Twitter employees who had filed a lawsuit seeking $500 million related to unpaid severance benefits.
- The lawsuit stemmed from Musk's 2022 acquisition of Twitter and subsequent firing of about 6,000 employees, which eliminated entire trust and safety and accessibility teams.
- Both sides revealed the settlement in a court document and jointly requested that the September 17 hearing to finalize the agreement be delayed; the details of the settlement have not been made public.
- A class action lawsuit was initiated by former Twitter staff members Courtney McMillan and Ronald Cooper, alleging that the company did not fulfill its 2019 severance plan by withholding severance payments owed to them and other dismissed workers.
- If the settlement receives court approval, it will resolve litigation related to severance pay for more than 6,000 former Twitter workers dismissed without severance after Musk's takeover.
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Former Twitter employees settle lawsuit where they claimed $500 million of unpaid severance
Elon Musk’s X has reached a tentative settlement with former employees of the company then known as Twitter who’d sued for $500 million in severance pay. The parties disclosed the deal in a Wednesday court filing asking for a scheduled Sept. 17 hearing in the case to be postponed. The San Francisco federal appeals court on Thursday agreed to postpone the hearing so that both sides could finalize the settlement agreement. The terms of the settlem…
Friday Morning Constitutional: Musk Agrees to Pay Severance to Fired Twitter Employees
Elon Musk has apparently agreed to pay out the severence of some 6,000 fired former Twitter employees. All employees were working under severance agreements that were established in 2019, guaranteeing at least two months of base pay, and Musk ignored these in sending them all packing. [Chronicle]A man who was doing some sort of work in a remote, wooded area west of Dry Creek required a helicopter rescue Thursday after suffering from heat-related…
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