Elon Musk once again caught by the law. In the past, the billionaire owner since the fall of 2022 of the social network This time, it is with regard to his own employees that the businessman is accused of “bad payers”.
According to the decision of a California federal judge on Friday, X did not pay the annual bonus payment due to some of them. One of the employees, Mark Schobinger, filed a lawsuit against the platform in June. He then assured that his employer had verbally promised the payment of a bonus for 2022 to employees, on the condition that they remain in the company bought by Elon Musk until the first quarter of 2023.
“Schobinger asserted a breach of contract claim, which is valid under California law. He alleges that Twitter verbally promised to pay each employee a portion of the planned bonus,” writes the American judge. “By refusing to pay Schobinger the promised bonus, Twitter violated this contract,” he declared. The social network, which initially tried to have the complaint overturned, can appeal the decision. According to the American press, this lawsuit could cost X tens of millions of dollars in payment of these bonuses.