 takeover. But workers have filed a class-action lawsuit in San Francisco saying the lack of notice over the sackings is in violation of federal and California law. Twitter is set to inform affected workers of their fate by 4pm UK time today. However, the company's offices are temporarily closed and some workers have already had their email access cut off. An internal memo said: 'In an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the difficult process of reducing our global workforce on Friday. 'We recognise that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company's success going forward.' Read the latest updates below.){kind=link}
Twitter has been sued by staff members as Elon Musk begins a programme of sweeping job cuts today.
The billionaire plans to sack 3,700 employees – around half the company’s workforce – as he tries to cut costs following his troubled $44bn (£38bn) takeover.
But workers have filed a class-action lawsuit in San Francisco saying the lack of notice over the sackings is in violation of federal and California law.
Twitter is set to inform affected workers of their fate by 4pm UK time today. However, the company’s offices are temporarily closed and some workers have already had their email access cut off.
An internal memo said: “In an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the difficult process of reducing our global workforce on Friday.