Ireland: Twitter will continue paying employees during consultation process

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Twitter is set to enter consultation with Irish employees who are being affected by lay-offs announced on Friday, it has emerged.

In an email seen by The Irish Times, the social media network said it would enter into a 30-day consultation period with affected employees. The company said it would continue to pay staff for the duration of the consultation period, but staff would have to stay out of the office.

The company employs around 500 people at its European headquarters in Dublin, with around 50 per cent of staff at risk.

Following the social media platform's takeover by billionaire Elon Musk last week, Twitter started making significant job layoffs, with 50% of its global workforce reportedly being impacted. The Irish employees of Twitter discovered their offices had been shut down and their IT systems had been disabled on Friday morning in "order to ensure the security of our secret information and user data."

Following the social media platform's takeover by billionaire Elon Musk last week, Twitter started making significant job layoffs, with 50% of its global workforce reportedly being impacted. The Irish employees of Twitter discovered their offices had been shut down and their IT systems had been disabled on Friday morning in "order to ensure the security of our secret information and user data."

Employees who were under fear of being let go received notifications at their home emails from the corporation. According to the message, this "does not mean that we have made any final decisions in regard to this procedure or your role," and they would have the chance to "voice their views" through "employee representatives" who would soon be chosen by the workers.
However, Irish Twitter employees announced their departure from the company on the platform throughout the day. According to sources, the selection of the jobs to be eliminated was "indiscriminate and arbitrary," and it was called "carnage."

However, concerns have been raised regarding the procedure' legality after it was discovered that Leo Varadkar, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade, and Employment, had not been informed of any intention to start terminating Irish employees, which is a need for collective redundancies in Ireland.

Twitter stated in its most recent email to colleagues that it will abide by the law and inform the Minister of its plans as well as the names of the employee representatives after they were chosen.