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Exactly: we already have plenty of areas where a civil case can turn into a criminal one like fraud (just ask Elizabeth Holmes). Saying "we'll pay you severanc

Exactly: we already have plenty of areas where a civil case can turn into a criminal one like fraud (just ask Elizabeth Holmes). Saying "we'll pay you severance" with 0 intention to do so sure sounds like fraud to me.

JieJie 3y ago
Wage theft and fraud are crimes that state attorneys general do prosecute. https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/attorney-general-ferguson-files-criminal-wage-theft-and-fraud-charges-against https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/attorney-general-f...
- jntvjnvutnuvt 3y ago
  Not paying severance is not wage theft. Severance was not included in Twitter's employee contract.
  - mlyle 3y ago
    > Severance was not included in Twitter's employee contract. It likely was once promises were made to continue to pay severance for at least one year, and employees relied upon this promise (instead of immediately seeking to work elsewhere).
  - piva00 3y ago
    The kind of technical loophole that America's law system seems to be riddled with (and the "akshually" crowd kinda loves to play with)... It's not technically wage theft, in spirit it's pretty similar to wage theft since the termination of employment contracts had severance payment as a clause. Potato, potato.