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Labor/Employment

Jun. 22, 2023

New suit says Musk hasn’t paid bonuses to ex-employees

Elon Musk’s attorneys have argued in previous lawsuits that the sale agreement requires employee actions be arbitrated and provides an enforceable forum selection clause that he has previously attempted to use to avoid litigation in the Bay Area.

In a proposed class action, a former Twitter executive accused the social media company of failing to pay employees their annual bonus under a 2022 cash for performance plan, and said new owner Elon Musk had promised to pay the benefits.

The complaint was filed Tuesday in federal court in San Francisco by Shannon Liss-Riordan of Lichten & Liss-Riordan PC in Boston. She represents Mark Schobinger, former senior director of compensation ...

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