Monthly Round-Up DECEMBER 2022 UK Supreme Court Rules Out Second Scottish Independence Referendum Supreme Court judges unanimously ruled against the Scottish government's claim that it can hold a second independence referendum without UK parliamentary permission. Numerous Twitter employees took to the social media site to post that they had discovered they were fired upon realising they could no longer log into their work email accounts or laptops. Emmanuel Cornet and other plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit claim that their termination came without proper written notice, constituting a violation of US and California law. Since the wave of mass layoffs was launched, Twitter has asked dozens of sacked employees to return. Some were allegedly let go by mistake, while others were determined to possess knowledge necessary for the implementation of new features planned by Musk statement on the decision. Sturgeon also stated that the SNP would use the next UK general election as a “de facto referendum” to demonstrate that a majority of the Scottish people supported independence. 10 Downing Street later told journalists that it disagreed with Sturgeon’s plan. In announcing the ruling, Lord Reed said that legislation for a second referendum would relate to “reserved matters” and was therefore outside the powers of Holyrood. The Court’s decision is a setback for Scottish nationalists, who have argued that the country’s voters should determine its future as part of or separate from the United Kingdom. The first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, criticised the ruling, but vowed to continue the Scottish National Party (SNP)’s push for independence. “Today’s ruling blocks one route to Scotland’s voice being heard on independence – but in a democracy our voice cannot and will not be silenced,” she said in a Twitter faces a class action lawsuit from former employees who allege that they were not given the advance notice of their redundancy required under US federal law. The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court in the Northern District of California on Thursday 3 November as news broke of an impending wave of mass layoffs to follow on Friday. The layoffs come as part of a plan by Elon Musk, the social media platform’s new owner, to reduce costs by cutting 3,700 employes, amounting to half of its total workforce. Lawsuit Launched Against Twitter Over Mass Layoffs 6 LAWYERMONTHLYDECEMBER 2022
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