Tesla Must Face California’s ‘Rampant’ Workplace Racism Suit (1)

Tesla Inc. can’t escape a lawsuit by California’s civil rights regulator accusing the electric-vehicle maker of fostering racial discrimination and harassment at its San Francisco Bay Area manufacturing unit.

A state court docket choose on Tuesday tentatively denied the corporate’s request to throw out the criticism by California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing, which described the Fremont plant as a “racially segregated workplace.”

The company stated it noticed complaints from a whole bunch of Black staff and uncovered proof of them being subjected to mistreatment, together with harassment, unequal pay, and retaliation, at Tesla’s Fremont plant throughout a three-year investigation.

Tesla didn’t instantly reply …