New legal troubles in sight for Tesla which adds to the long-standing view of litigation a new court case filed by a former manager. This time against the Elon Musk-led brand there are allegations of racism and security breaches by a former employee who has filed proceedings in the Superior Court of Alameda County, California. The man pointed the finger at the automaker specializing in electric cars, highlighting alleged critical situations in the company’s plant in Nevada where there are frequent risks of explosions, claiming that the company would have covered up accidents that have occurred over the years.
“Tesla’s commitments to unrealistic production targets and frantic efforts to increase production, often to deliver on rash promises, have nullified any commitment to employee safety.”, said the former employee. The accusation then also extends to alleged cases of racial discrimination: “Virtually every bathroom at Tesla’s Fremont facility contained writing or engraving of racist symbols and slurs, including swastikas and other words starting with n”. This is not the first time Tesla has faced these kinds of situations, with an increasing number of employees claiming to have been subjected to racist, sexist and homophobic harassment in the workplace.
The California Department of Fair Employment has now sued the company for alleged racial discrimination and systemic harassment. Several examples have emerged over the past few months, from a woman claiming that a manager massaged her back while whispering sexual comments in her ear to another woman who claims she was subjected to. several obscene comments. One of the latest cases in which Tesla has been involved has seen her forced to pay a former worker $ 137 million after the court confirmed the racial harassment suffered by the man in the workplace.
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