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All Tesla employees (some who had worked there for 10+ years) who were laid off this year got 1 week severance. You think he's gonna let Twitter employees get anything of value out the door?


And Tesla is being sued for WARN Act violations, which mandates 60 days severance, but it remains to be seen if they can enforce it

> An employer who violates the WARN Act notice requirement is liable to each affected employee for an amount equal to back pay and benefits for the period of violation up to 60 days. An employer who fails to provide notice as required to a unit of local government is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $500 for each day of violation. The penalty may be avoided if the employer satisfies the liability to each affected employee within three weeks after the closing. In any suit, the court, in its discretion, may allow the prevailing party a reasonable attorney’s fee as part of the costs. These are the only remedies that WARN provides.

That fine might not be large enough to discourage bad actors


Maybe it counts per day of violation per employee? As in, they’re all separate offences, not one offence against 1000 employees.


At $500 per day at a max of 60 days, you're capping out at $30,000 per employee

When you're talking about thousands of employees, it gets up in the millions, but that's not much compared to the pile of cash already on fire


True, it’s just more expensive than just paying them. There is no logical reason to not do so.


Isnt Twitter in California where the WARN act applies?


WARN is Federal, but states can have their own stricter versions.




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