Disabled employee sues Twitter over Musk's ban on remote work


FILE PHOTO A view of the Twitter logo at its corporate headquarters in San Francisco California U.S. October 28 2022. REUTERSCarlos Barria

FILE PHOTO: A view of the Twitter logo at its corporate headquarters in San Francisco, California, U.S. October 28, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

(Reuters) - Twitter Inc owner Elon Musk's mandate that employees stop working remotely and put in "long hours at high intensity" discriminates against workers with disabilities, a new lawsuit claims.

Dmitry Borodaenko, a California-based engineering manager who said Twitter fired him this week when he refused to report to the office, filed a proposed class action against the company in San Francisco federal court on Wednesday.

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