Musk’s X demands money from laid-off employees, claims they were overpaid

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Elon Musk’s X Corp. is reportedly demanding money from at least six Australians who were laid off, saying the company accidentally overpaid them. The Sydney Morning Herald reported today that “X is threatening to take some former Australian employees to court, demanding they return entitlements it claims were overpaid to them after it bungled the currency conversion from US to Australian dollars on the payments.”

Emails sent this year by X’s Asia Pacific human resources department to the laid-off employees said there was “a significant overpayment in error in January 2023.” The alleged overpayments ranged from $1,500 to $70,000 for each employee.

So far, none of the former employees have repaid the money, The Sydney Morning Herald was told. One Australian dollar is currently worth $0.67 in US currency.