Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) is being sued by a California state-owned company that alleged the electric vehicle company created an environment of racial hostility at its Fremont plant.
What happened: The Wall Street Journal reported that the California Department of Equal Employment and Housing filed the lawsuit Wednesday in state court; The main points of the report are expected to be made public on Thursday.
“After receiving a large number of court cases from staff, dfeh discovered evidence that Tesla’s Fremont factory is a racially segregated place where black personnel are racially abused and discriminated against in tasks of work, discipline, pay and promotion, creating a hostile work environment. Kevin Kish, the agency’s director, said in a press release.
Among the court cases rejected through the DFEH was a fee filed through a black employee who heard between 50 and 100 racial slurs per day, as well as reports that black employees were assigned to more physically difficult positions, subject to harsher disciplinary measures. he faced racist graffiti on the factory site and occasionally posed as a career advancement within the company.
The DFEH trial covers the period between 2015 and 2019.
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What else happened: Tesla said in its 2020 Diversity Report that black workers make up 10% of its leadership positions in the U. S. U. S. and 4%.
In a corporate blog post titled “The Dfeh’s Misguided Lawsuit,” Tesla said that “despite repeated requests, the DFEH has refused to provide Tesla with the express allegations or factual basis of its claim. “
The company also noted that the Fremont plant “had a majority minority workforce” and claimed that the DFEH had investigated nearly 50 court cases of harassment and discrimination over the past five years, but closed the investigation without locating the company’s misconduct.
“A narrative told through the DFEH and a handful of corporations complaining to generate publicity is not factual evidence,” the blog says. “Once the DFEH files its lawsuit, Tesla will ask the court to uphold the case and take other steps to ensure that the facts and evidence will be heard. To date, despite repeated requests, the DFEH has refused to provide Tesla with the express allegations or factual basis of its judgment.
“Attacking a company like Tesla that has done so much for California is not the primary goal of a state-owned company with prosecution power. Workers’ interests and basic equity will have to take precedence.
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