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Lisa Bloom
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Lisa Bloom
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Trial lawyer fighting for victims of discrimination, harassment and abuse. Probable target for Twitter takedown. IG: LisaBloomEsq TikTok: LisaBloomAttorney
Hey Twitter employees getting laid off tomorrow! IMPORTANT INFO from a CA employment attorney (me): CA's "WARN" law requires Twitter to give you 60 days notice of a massive layoff. A layoff of 50+ employees within a 30 day period qualifies. I know you didn't get that notice.- You about to lose yo job, Kayleigh. And Kaitlan isn't.Kayleigh to CNN's Kaitlan Collins: "I don't call on activists."
00:00 - 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.
- Predator Jeffrey Epstein killed himself. On behalf of the victims I represent, we would have preferred he lived to face justice. Our civil cases can still proceed against his estate. Victims deserve to be made whole for the lifelong damage he caused. We’re just getting started.
- Replying to @LisaBloomTwitter will be liable for all of these (civil penalties, lost compensation, lost medical and other benefits) & attorneys' fees for the 60 days it failed to give workers notice. This flagrant violation of workers rights is outrageous. Who's in for a class action? LET'S DO THIS
- Replying to @LisaBloomThis WARN law applies to all California employers of 75+ employees, which obviously includes Twitter with its thousands of employees. Purpose of the law is to give laid off employees time to figure out how to handle this disruption. And Elon completely ignores it.
- Replying to @LisaBloomWe'll see how long Twitter lets my posts stay up. If they take them down tonight, before the layoffs, that means they were on notice of the law I cite and chose to punish me rather than follow it. That's consciousness of guilt and I'd use it as the basis for punitive damages.
- Replying to @LisaBloomEmployees laid off in violation of the WARN Act receive back pay at the employee's final rate or 3 year average of compensation, whichever is higher. Twitter would also be liable for workers' medical expenses that would have been covered under an employee benefit plan.
- Replying to @LisaBloomEmployers like Twitter who violate the WARN Act face civil penalties of $500/day for each violation. With thousands of employees, this could be significant, though maybe not to Elon.
- We interrupt the news about the Monterey Park mass shooting to cover the Half Moon Bay mass shooting. Because we have lost our fucking minds. The Second Amendment, like slavery and subjugation of women, was one of our founders’ worst 18th century ideas. Repeal it.
- Replying to @LisaBloomUpdate: 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!
- Replying to @LisaBloomTwitter employees, DO NOT SIGN ANYTHING when you're laid off. Consult with an attorney first. Buried in the fine print may be a waiver of your rights under CA and federal law. Those rights are important and valuable! #TwitterLayoffs
