Federal workers sue over Elon Musk’s threat to fire them

Elon Musk (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

Lawyers for US federal workers have said in a lawsuit that billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk has violated the law with his weekend demand that employees explain their accomplishments or risk being fired.

The updated lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in California and was provided to The Associated Press, is trying to block mass layoffs pursued by Mr Musk and President Donald Trump, including any connected to the email distributed by the Office of Personnel Management on Saturday.