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Reporting by Daniel Wiessner in Albany, New York; Editing by Andrea Ricci<\/b><\/p>\n

Africa-Press – Eritrea. <\/strong><\/span>A California federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing X, the social media service formerly called Twitter, of disproportionately laying off older workers when Elon Musk acquired the company last year. U. S.<\/p>\n

District Judge Susan Illston on Tuesday said the plaintiff in the proposed class action, John Zeman, had provided enough evidence that the mass layoffs had a greater impact on older employees to continue pursing the case.<\/p>\n

Zeman, for example, claims X laid off 60% of workers who were 50 or older and nearly three-quarters of those who were over 60, compared with 54% of employees younger than 50.<\/p>\n

Illston ruled that the federal law banning workplace age bias allows plaintiffs to bring so-called “disparate impact” claims in a class action, an issue that has divided courts.<\/p>\n

The judge dismissed a claim that X intentionally targeted older workers for layoffs, but gave Zeman a month to file an amended lawsuit fleshing out that claim.<\/p>\n

Shannon Liss-Riordan, Zeman’s lawyer, said “this decision validates the arguments we are making that the discrimination claims can go forward. ”
\nX did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit is one of about a dozen X is facing stemming from Musk’s decision to lay off about half<\/a> of Twitter’s workforce beginning last November.<\/p>\n

Those cases include various claims, including that X laid off employees and contractors without the required advance notice and that Musk forced out workers with disabilities<\/a> by refusing to allow remote work and calling on employees to be more “hardcore.<\/p>\n

At least two lawsuits<\/a> claim the company owes ex-employees at least $500 million in severance pay. Twitter has denied wrongdoing in those cases.<\/p>\n

Liss-Riordan also represents about 2,000 former Twitter employees who have filed similar legal claims<\/a> against the company in arbitration.<\/p>\n

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