Hundreds of staff at TikTok’s European HQ have now been formally offered termination agreements.

It’s understood around 300 people will be let go at the end of this month.

However, there has been some extension for visa holders whose immigration status is linked to their employment at the firm.

Staff who were informed by management that they are at risk of redundancy can accept the termination agreement offer, which gives them additional redundancy pay.

If they did not sign, they risked only receiving the statutory minimum.

Under the signed deal, employees will have to agree not to make complaints to the Irish Data Protection Commission ‘or any other supervising authority’ about how the company, or any of its group companies, has processed their personal data. 

It also requires workers to agree not to make data access requests, under GDPR legislation, that relate to the termination of their employment, the Journal.ie reports.

Staff being laid off work primarily in the area of trust and safety. It is thought many of their roles will be replaced by AI.

TikTok said the redundancies have been made in line with its plans to advance ‘the latest technological innovations’.