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(TWTR) has secured a ruling making it possible for the social media firm to power various laid-off employees suing about their termination to pursue their claims via person arbitration relatively than a class-action lawsuit.

US District Choose James Donato on Friday ruled that 5 previous Twitter workers pursuing a proposed class motion accusing the firm of failing to give satisfactory see in advance of laying them off right after its acquisition by Elon Musk ought to go after their promises in personal arbitration.

Donato granted Twitter’s request to force the five ex-employees to pursue their statements separately, citing agreements they signed with the business.

Twitter did not straight away answer to a ask for for comment.

The San Francisco choose still left for a different working day “as warranted by developments in the case” irrespective of whether the total course motion lawsuit should be dismissed, nevertheless, as he mentioned three other previous Twitter workforce who alleged they experienced opted out of the company’s arbitration settlement have joined the lawsuit soon after it was 1st filed.

The law firm who signifies the plaintiffs, Shannon Liss-Riordan, reported on Monday that she had previously submitted 300 calls for for arbitration on behalf of previous Twitter workers and would very likely file hundreds much more.

Individuals staff all declare they have not gained the total severance bundle promised by Twitter in advance of Musk took in excess of. Some have also alleged sex or incapacity discrimination.

Past year, Donato had dominated that Twitter will have to notify the hundreds of staff who were laid off right after its acquisition by Musk pursuing a proposed class motion accusing the organization of failing to give suitable see before terminating them.

The decide reported that prior to inquiring staff to indication severance agreements waiving their potential to sue the business, Twitter must give them “a succinct and plainly worded detect.”

Twitter laid off roughly 3,700 workforce in early November in a price-chopping evaluate by Musk, and hundreds far more subsequently resigned.

In December last 12 months, Twitter was also accused by dozens of previous personnel of different legal violations stemming from Musk’s takeover of the business, together with targeting women for layoffs and failing to pay back promised severance.

Twitter is also struggling with at minimum three complaints filed with a US labor board proclaiming workers were fired for criticizing the enterprise, trying to organize a strike, and other carry out secured by federal labor regulation.