X’s firing of an worker who pushed again in opposition to a return-to-office coverage imposed by Elon Musk final yr was unlawful, the Nationwide Labor Relations Board alleges. In what experiences is the NLRB’s first formal criticism in opposition to X Corp., filed on Friday, the labor board accused the corporate of retaliating in opposition to software program engineer Yao Yue for trying to arrange employees within the wake of the brand new coverage. After Musk gave then-Twitter staff an ultimatum in November 2022 to return to the workplace, Yue urged others to not resign in response however as an alternative “let him fireplace you.”
Musk on the time had instructed staff, “For those who can bodily make it to an workplace and also you don’t present up, resignation accepted.” Yue was fired 5 days after tweeting about it and writing an analogous put up on Slack. In terminating her, the filed by a San Francisco department of the NLRB alleges the corporate violated federal labor regulation by “interfering with, restraining, and coercing staff” exercising protected rights, in accordance with . A listening to is now set for January 30.
The formal NLRB criticism could also be a primary for X, however accusations of retaliation in opposition to staff are nothing new for a Musk-helmed firm. In early 2023, Tesla employees in Buffalo, New York accused the corporate of , and eight SpaceX staff in 2022 claiming they have been terminated for criticizing Musk.
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