Thread by @LisaBloom

Let’s talk about the legal problems Elon just created for himself with this cruel new staff email.

You’re fired if you don’t commit to long hours at high intensity within 24 hours?

Let’s start with disabled workers.

Under federal and state laws, those with physical or mental disabilities are entitled to reasonable accommodations by their employers. For many, this would include working reasonable hours.

@elonmusk are you planning a mass layoff of your remaining disabled workers?

Next, childcare still overwhelmingly disproportionately impacts female workers, for whom working long hours on a regular basis is often just a hard no.

So we have a gender discrimination issue too.

#TwitterLayoffs

Third, Elon says those who opt out will get three month’s severance.

He promised that by tweet to the thousands of Twitter employees he fired weeks ago. Yet it has still not materialized.

My clients, fired Twitter workers, and I intend to enforce that promise.

#TwitterLayoffs

Fourth, workers over 40 get 21-45 days to consider releasing claims, which would be part of that “severance” he’s talking about.

Not 24 hours.

#TwitterLayoffs

Finally, let’s just talk about how cruel it is to force everyone to opt in to these ridiculous terms within 24 hours or be fired.

Workers depend on their jobs. Their livelihood is not a game to be toyed with by a billionaire bully.

#TwitterLayoffs

Update: Twitter HR is now telling everyone who does not sign the ridiculous new pledge they have resigned. Employment law does not work that way. You cannot deprive people of unemployment benefits and wrongful termination cases by saying that they resigned. Nice try though!