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Elon Musk’s social media platform X has reached a tentative settlement with former employees of the company then known as Twitter who had filed a lawsuit seeking $500 million in severance pay. The development was disclosed in a court filing on Wednesday where both parties requested that the September 17 hearing be postponed. On Thursday the San Francisco federal appeals court agreed to defer the hearing allowing the sides time to finalise the settlement agreement. Elon Musks X Settlement With Former Twitter workers The terms of the settlement were not disclosed. The proposed class action lawsuit by former Twitter employees Courtney McMillan and Ronald Cooper who said the company failed to pay them and other fired workers severance they were owed. Musk took over the social media platform in 2022 and let thousands of employees go eliminating entire teams dedicated to trust and safety human rights and making the site accessible to people with disabilities. Also Read: Biggest loser of 2025 is Elon Musk! Mukesh Ambani Mark Zuckerberg Bill Gates Warren Buffett and world’s richest... The billionaires approach to gutting Twitters workforce served as a template for his months-long leadership of President Donald Trumps Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE as it cut tens of thousands of federal workers earlier this year. An email announcing a “deferred resignation offer” to federal workers promising pay through September without having to work was titled “Fork in the Road” echoing a similar email Musk sent to the Twitter workforce in 2022. Highlights: Elon Musk Settlement With Former Twitter Employees X Tentative Settlement With Former Twitter Workers Elon Musk fired many Twitter Employees In 2022 Elon Musk Vs Parag Agarwal lawsuit Musks drawn-out legal battles with more than 2000 former Twitter workers were also a precursor to the court battles the Trump administration is now fighting over federal downsizing though the circumstances are different.  (With Input From Agencies)