Twitter: Women targeted for layoffs, lawsuit says

Two former employees who were fired during Twitter’s mass layoffs sued the company last November, alleging that women were targeted during the cuts.

According to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in San Francisco, 57% of women were fired compared to 47% of men when the web giant was taken over by multi-billionaire Elon Musk, The Guardian reported.

Keep in mind that almost half of the platform’s employees, or about 3,700 people, gave thanks.

However, the disparity is more pronounced in engineering roles, with 63% of women losing their jobs compared to 48% of men, the court document estimated.

The suit alleges the company violated federal and California laws prohibiting gender discrimination in the workplace.

Regardless of their talent or their contribution, the women had “targets behind them” when Elon Musk bought the company, said Shannon Liss-Riodon, a lawyer for the prosecutors.

Other employees have also sued the company, alleging that it forced out disabled workers by imposing an abrupt return-to-work policy, as well as firing contractors without prior notice and compensation as required by law.