Women sue Twitter, claiming Musk layoffs unfairly targeted female staff

Two women who lost their jobs at Twitter during mass layoffs after Elon Musk took over the company are suing, claiming that the company disproportionately targeted female employees for cuts.

The new suit, filed on Wednesday in San Francisco federal court, said that Twitter laid off 57% of its female workers compared with 47% of men.

The gender disparity was more stark for engineering roles, where 63% of women lost their jobs compared to 48% of men, according to the new lawsuit.

The lawsuit accuses the company of violating federal and California laws banning workplace sex discrimination.

Liss-Riordan represents current and former Twitter employees in three other pending lawsuits filed in the same court since last month.

Twitter has denied wrongdoing in the lawsuit involving advance notice, and has not responded to the other complaints.