Lawsuit Against X Regarding The Dismissal Of Elderly Workers Continues

Shannon LIss-Riordan, attorney John Zeman, who sued Platfor X (photo: Twitter @MassNurses)

JAKARTA - On Tuesday, August 29, US District Judge Susan Illston, in California refused to stop a lawsuit accusing X, a social media service formerly known as Twitter, of excessive dismissal of an elderly worker following the acquisition by Elon Musk last year.

The plaintiff in the proposed class lawsuit, John Zeman, managed to provide sufficient evidence that the mass dismissal had a greater impact on older employees, so the case would continue.

John Zeman claims that X fired 60% of workers 50 years of age or older, and nearly three-quarters of those over 60. This dismissal contrasts with only 54% of workers under 50 who were fired.

Although the judge rejected demands that X was deliberately eyeing an elderly worker for his dismissal, the judge gave Zeman one month to file a more detailed lawsuit regarding the allegations.

Shannon LIss-Riordan, John Zeman's lawyer, said that "this decision validates the arguments we put forward that discrimination demands can continue."

While X did not provide a response regarding a request for comment regarding this news.

This lawsuit is only one of about twelve lawsuits faced by X due to Elon Musk's decision to dismiss about half of Twitter's workforce from November last year.

The cases included various demands, including that X fired employees and contractors without the necessary prior notification, as well as that Musk forced workers with disabilities by not allowing them to work remotely and asking employees to be more "hard."

At least two lawsuits claim that the company owes its former employees at least $500 million in severance pay. Twitter has denied wrongdoing in those cases.

Shannon LIss-Riordan also represents about 2,000 former Twitter employees who have filed similar lawsuits against the company in the arbitration process.