A judge threw out a lawsuit from laid-off Twitter staffers which claimed Elon Musk's cuts unfairly targeted women
. The suit, which Insider has seen, says 57% of female workers were laid off, compared to 47% of males. , and the end of the work from home policy.
"Elon Musk would certainly have known that these policy changes and expectations would have a disproportionate impact on women, who are more often caregivers for children and other family members, and thus not able to comply with such demands," the suit said. However, US District Judge Jon Tigar dismissed the case because the plaintiffs hadn't first attempted to resolve the complaint through federal agencies.
Tigar added that the layoffs and long working hours are"two discrete acts insufficient to support the allegation that discriminatory conduct was 'a routine and regular part' of Twitter's workplace."Shannon Liss-Riordan, a lawyer for the former Twitter employees, told"The ultimate decision-maker in these layoffs, Elon Musk, has a history of making hostile and demeaning comments about women," Liss-Riodan told the news outlet.
"It is not hard to make the connection as to why the managers acting closely under his supervision laid off more of the women at Twitter, particularly female engineers, than men," she added.from Musk, but the judge said"isolated remarks, unrelated to the discriminatory employment decision, are generally insufficient to establish discriminatory intent."Insider contacted Twitter for comment. The company responded with an automated message that didn't address the inquiry.
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