US billionaire Elon Musk and Twitter have been slapped with a $500 million lawsuit over alleged non-payment of severance packages to ex-employees. The lawsuit was filed by law firm Sanford Heisler Sharp on Wednesday in US District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of employees who were fired from Twitter post Musk's takeover.

Musk and Twitter face $500mn lawsuit over non-payment of severance packages

According to a report by Business Insider, Google has made an error in the calculation of stock severance which was to be received by the laid-off employees. Subsequently, in an email sent on Thursday (February 9) seen by the media outlet, the tech giant apologised to its former employees, informing that its earlier email mentioned an incorrect number of stocks as part of the severance package.

Google apologises after miscalculating severance packages, laid-off employees receive fewer stocks

Twitter's boss Elon Musk who faced several problems after taking over the social media giant in October last year is now facing another one. Twitter employees who were fired shortly after Musk became the owner are still awaiting details of their severance packages months after being let go, a report by news agency Bloomberg on Friday (January 6) said.

More trouble brews for Musk as laid-off Twitter employees still await severance pay

Getting a job in this pandemic-affected world is a difficult task. Do you believe you can be compensated for being bored at work? After being granted $45,000 because his previous job reportedly bored him out of his mind, Frédéric Desnard became the envy of irritated workers around the world.

French man sues employer for 'boring' job, gets $45,000 severance package

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