Judge Upholds Elon Musk's Remote Work Ban at X, For Now

From PC Mag: Elon Musk's ban on working from home at X can stay, for now.

A federal judge in California dismissed a lawsuit against the policy, which it argued discriminates against employees with disabilities, Reuters reports.

The case failed to sufficiently demonstrate how the mandate affects disabled employees specifically, according to US District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin. She gave him four weeks to file an amended lawsuit with more detailed claims.

Dmitry Borodaenko, a former engineering manager at Twitter, filed the case in November 2022, shortly after Musk purchased X (then Twitter). Musk promptly began mass layoffs and banned working from home.

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