Twitter Sued by Ex Employee As Musk Fires Them.

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Former workers who claim they were not given sufficient notice that they had lost their jobs

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as required by US federal law after being locked out of their work accounts on Thursday

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Have filed a class action complaint against Twitter.

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However, a lawsuit was filed in the US federal court in San Francisco seeking orders for Twitter to comply with the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act

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which requires 60 days notice for mass layoffs at large employers

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and may put a stop to Musk's plans to fire up to 3,700 employees.

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According to the lawsuit, which has been filed on behalf of five Twitter employees so far

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one was let go on November 1 while the other three weren't notified at the time of filing

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But had their email accounts disabled.

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