US judge allows lawsuit that accuses Elon Musk of age bias in laying of X employees

A US federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing X (formerly Twitter) of laying off older workers when Elon Musk acquired the company in October last year. According to a report, the judge dismissed a claim that X intentionally targeted older workers for layoffs.

News agency Reuters reported that the plaintiff John Zeman, in the proposed class action, had provided enough evidence that the mass layoffs had a greater impact on older employees. Zeman claimed that X laid off 60% of workers who were 50 or older “and nearly three-quarters of those who were over 60, compared with 54% of employees younger than 50.”