Musk ultimatum | X loses severance pay legal battle with ex-employee - and now faces 2,000 further complaints

X has lost a legal battle over unpaid severance to a former employee who was fired from the company in 2022 following Elon Musk takeover of the social media platform.

Over 2,000 similar complaints have also been filed, with the legal representative for the ex-employee hoping the verdict could “foreshadow” similar victories.

According to a memo viewed by Bloomberg News, the dispute, handled through arbitration, resulted in the former employee being allocated a full severance package.

“The arbitrator awarded the full severance package to our client,” lawyer Shannon Liss-Riordan wrote in the memo. “We are excited about this development and hope it foreshadows more good news to come.”