Twitter executive gets court injunction to prevent Elon Musk from firing

Sinead McSweeney, global vice president of public policy at Twitter in Ireland, was temporarily suspended by the Dublin High Court in Ireland to prevent him from being unilaterally fired by Elon Musk, who bought Twitter and became CEO. The Irish Times reports that it has successfully obtained an injunction against

Dublin-based Twitter executive secures injunction to prevent dismissal – The Irish Times
https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/big-tech/2022/11/25/dublin-based-twitter-executive-gets-injunction-to-prevent-dismissal/

A Twitter executive got a court injunction to prevent Elon Musk from firing her - The Verge
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Mr. Mask has carried out a large-scale personnel reduction since acquiring Twitter on October 27, 2022, and the number of Twitter employees has decreased sharply from 7,500 to 2,700 after the acquisition . In this personnel arrangement, it was revealed that Mr. Mask notified employees, 'Determine whether to accept or quit the hardcore workplace by tomorrow.'

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Mr. Mask asked employees to sign a form by email on November 16, 2022 regarding whether or not to participate in this hardcore Twitter, and if they do not respond, they will be treated as retired and will be treated as two months. said he would pay his salary and benefits, as well as one month's severance pay.

Since McSweeney did not sign the form, he was dismissed and locked out of his work account and the Twitter Ireland office in Dublin. McSweeney explained why he didn't sign the form, saying, 'It didn't explain what Mr. We didn't meet our contractual rights,' he said. After that, Mr. McSweeney received an email from Twitter on November 18 notifying him that he was treated as 'resigned'.

In response to this, McSweeney contacted Twitter that he did not intend to retire, and a lawyer on Twitter's side informed him that he wanted to remain with the company, and promised to restore his account. It seems that it was done. However, McSweeney said that McSweeney's account remained locked even after that, he could not enter the Twitter Ireland office and could not attend an important meeting.

In response, McSweeney filed an injunction in the Dublin High Court, arguing that he was unable to work on Twitter despite his contractual rights and that the company could unilaterally fire him. Court Judge Brian O'Moore issued a preliminary injunction on November 25 prohibiting Twitter from firing McSweeney. This prevented Twitter from unilaterally firing McSweeney. However, McSweeney's reinstatement will not be forced. Also, this is only temporary and the Dublin High Court is expected to review the case again in the fifth week of November 2022.

In addition, since Mr. Mask's acquisition of Twitter, many employees are facing unstable employment. An executive has been fired even though he decided to stay on Twitter after being persuaded by Mr. Musk.

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