A judge dismissed the lawsuit of Twitter staffers laid off who claimed Elon Musk’s cuts were unfairly targeting women

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• On Monday, a judge dismissed a lawsuit that claimed Twitter discriminated women.
• The report said that "unreasonable working hours" unfairly affected the women, and it cited previous statements made by Elon Musk which appeared to be sexist.
• The judge said that they should have filed their complaint with federal agencies before. However, they can still do so.

On Monday, a lawsuit that claimed Twitter's mass terminations were discriminatory against women was dismissed.

The suit was first filed by two former employees in December last year, one month after Elon Musk had laid off half of the company's workforce. Insider saw the suit which claims that 57% of women workers were laid off compared to only 47% of men.

The report also mentioned Musk's "unreasonable demand" that Twitter staff work 84 hours a week and the ending of the policy for working from home.

The suit stated that "Elon Musk knew these policy changes and expectation would have a disproportionate effect on women who are often the caregivers of children and family members and therefore not able comply with such requests."

The US District Court Judge Jon Tigar dismissed this case, because the plaintiffs had not first tried to resolve their complaint with federal agencies.

Tigar said that Twitter's layoffs and the long hours of work are "two separate acts that do not support the claim that discriminatory behavior was a 'routine and regular part' at the workplace."

Plaintiffs can amend their complaint and re-file it.

Shannon Liss Riordan, an attorney for the former Twitter staff, confirmed to Bloomberg that she would indeed file a fresh complaint.

Liss Riodan, a reporter for the outlet, said that Elon Musk has made hostile and demeaning remarks about women in the past. Musk allegedly said: "It's more important for women have babies than careers."

She added, "It's not difficult to see why managers working closely under his direction laid off more women than men at Twitter, especially female engineers."

Musk made other sexist comments in the suit, but the judge ruled that "isolated remarks unrelated to a discriminatory decision on employment are not sufficient to establish discriminatory intention."

Insider's Kali Hays wrote on Monday that Twitter employees are becoming increasingly frustrated with the drastic changes to its parental leave policies.

Twitter was contacted by Insider for a comment. Twitter responded to Insider's inquiry with an automated response.

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By: psyme@insider.com (Pete Syme)
Title: A judge threw out a lawsuit from laid-off Twitter staffers which claimed Elon Musk’s cuts unfairly targeted women
Sourced From: www.businessinsider.com/laid-off-twitter-staff-gender-discrimination-lawsuit-dismissed-elon-musk-2023-5
Published Date: Tue, 09 May 2023 09:52:57 +0000

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