Mediation In The News: X Agrees To Mediate Claims Made By Former Twitter Employees

Get ready for some high-stakes mediation news as X, formerly Twitter and a prominent figure in today’s society, faces off with former Twitter employees in a bid to resolve a complex dispute.

Following Elon Musk’s 2022 acquisition of Twitter for $44 billion, several thousand former Twitter employees filed claims against X for allegations that they were cheated out of severance pay after being fired. In addition to the roughly 2,000 individual arbitration claims, several class action lawsuits have been filed against X.

According to a recent article in Bloomberg, X Corp. has now agreed to mediate these claims. See full article at: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-14/twitter-mass-layoff-severance-fight-heads-to-settlement-talks?fromMostRead=true&sref=7SMFKJNe&leadSource=uverify%20wall#xj4y7vzkg

As the article points out, the former employees have attempted to get X to the negotiating table for the past 10 months with no success, until now. Based on the information available, X’s agreement to attend mediation is based on a court order. A 2-day mediation is scheduled for December 1 and 2, 2023.

Interestingly, Yahoo Entertainment attempted to contact X to get its thoughts. X’s response; “Busy now, please check back later.” (https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/x-corp-agrees-mediation-employee-155020998.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYXRlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMJn66g9mQgZqk7wRJs_vZzQRJQPTGPNDlDEORIm_8NwUBBUkl5cy1LodYwLHn-xqyiLo343c5UzHrSTuZ7OHL--YrBwPZZpJHrh-aTUxp-fotFo8gYtQNetrW1B9PyoAH0qn7qlTd_sjOjj5KTeV9URke3z2t03zC0G5dZdy4BH)

It will be interesting to see how this David vs. Goliath mediation plays out, and whether X is looking to reach a settlement or is simply attending because of a court order. Either way, it makes for interesting news to follow.