The lawsuit, which was filed in the Northern District of California, alleges that Twitter is violating its own arbitration agreement, which requires the company to pay all arbitration fees for claims that are filed under the agreement.
The former employees allege that they were laid off by Twitter in 2022, and that they were promised severance payments and bonuses. However, the employees allege that Twitter has not paid them the full amount of their severance payments, and that they have not received any of their bonuses.
The employees are seeking class-action status for their lawsuit, and they are asking the court to order Twitter to pay them the full amount of their severance payments and bonuses, as well as the arbitration fees for their claims.
This is not the first time that Twitter employees have sued the company over its arbitration agreement. In 2021, a group of former Twitter employees filed a lawsuit alleging that Twitter was using its arbitration agreement to silence employees who were trying to raise concerns about the company's workplace culture.
That lawsuit was eventually settled, but the new lawsuit suggests that the former employees are still not satisfied with the way that Twitter is handling their claims.
The new lawsuit is a reminder of the challenges that employees face when they try to hold their employers accountable for wrongdoing. Arbitration agreements can make it difficult for employees to bring their claims to court, and they can also make it difficult for employees to obtain the full amount of compensation that they are owed.
It remains to be seen how the new lawsuit will be resolved. However, the lawsuit is a sign that the former employees are not giving up on their fight for justice.