- More than a year after firing employees in its African headquarters, X, then known as Twitter, has now paid them back, according to the agency that represents the fired employees. The majority had just been employed by the Accra, Ghanaian capital, company for a few months before they were let go by the social media giant in November 2022.
- They had vowed to sue X in court if he didn’t give them the promised redundancy money. The business has not provided a statement. In the past, X has claimed to have compensated its former workers in full.
- The African contingent, who number fewer than 20, had only just moved into X’s new office in Accra, following about eight months of working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic.
- The organization that provides legal representation to the personnel, Agency Seven Seven, stated that it has been successful in obtaining a redundancy settlement and reimbursement for the costs associated with sending foreign employees back home. However, the exact amount of the payout was not disclosed.
- They claimed that at first, they were informed that even though their contracts were ending, they would still get paid to labor for an additional month. However, they lost access to their emails right away, and they stopped receiving wage checks. The employees claimed that ever since, they have been embroiled in an irksome dispute over remuneration.
- They are very pleased to finally be able to get their due, put this behind them and look to the future, Carla Olympio from Agency Seven Seven told the BBC.
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