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☆ Walmart settles a lawsuit that claims it passed a female worker for promotion because she had young children at home
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Walmart is set to pay a former worker $60,000 to settle claims it didn't promote her because she had young children. The company didn't hire her for a manager role because she had children at home, the EEOC said. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementWalmart is set to pay a former female worker $60,000 to settle a lawsuit claiming it turned down her request for promotion because she had young children at home. The EEOC filed the lawsuit after it failed to reach a conciliation agreement with the Arkansas-based retailer.

Persons: —, wasn't Organizations: Walmart, Service, Employment, Commission, Business Locations: Ottumwa , Iowa, Arkansas

☆ Activision Blizzard agrees to settle California case alleging discrimination against women
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-16 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Microsoft -owned Activision Blizzard has agreed to settle a case from a California state agency that alleged the video game publisher discriminated against women, including denying them promotion opportunities and paying them less. The news comes almost two years after Activision Blizzard settled a case from the U.S. Shares fell, and Microsoft subsequently began talks to acquire Activision Blizzard, the maker of Call of Duty. The agency will file a new complaint that excludes prior harassment allegations, according to the proposed settlement agreement, which CNBC viewed. WATCH: Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick: We always believed the deal would get through

Persons: Bobby Kotick Organizations: Microsoft, Activision Blizzard, Civil Rights Department, U.S, Opportunity Commission, of Fair, Housing, Wall Street Journal, Activision, Federal Trade Commission, CNBC Locations: California, U.S, Europe, San Francisco, Los Angeles

DENVER (AP) — Frontier Airlines has settled a lawsuit filed by female pilots who accused the airline of discriminating against pregnant or breastfeeding employees. In the agreement announced Tuesday, Frontier will let pilots pump breast milk in the cockpit during “noncritical phases” of flights. The Denver-based airline also agreed to let pilots who are breastfeeding reduce their flying time and treat pregnancy and breastfeeding the same as other medical conditions if they make pilots unable to fly. In the case involving Denver-based pilots, the airline also agreed to comply with a current union agreement letting pregnant pilots fly if they have medical approval. The airline also agreed to continue to let breastfeeding pilots reduce their schedules to 50 hours of flying per month, and to update and make available a list of lactation facilities at airports.

Persons: Aditi Fruitwala, ” Fruitwala, Jacalyn Peter, didn't Organizations: DENVER, — Frontier Airlines, U.S, Commission, Frontier, American Civil Liberties Union, Denver Locations: Denver

☆ The forever labor shortage is pitting parents and their childfree coworkers against each other
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Childfree workers told Business Insider they often feel pressured to cover for parents at work. Benson's not alone in experiencing the tension of splitting work between childfree workers and those with kids. For childfree workers, it may lead to resentment, or feeling like their time isn't as valuable. And that might, in turn, lead to childfree workers being asked to take on more. But the childfree workers, parents, and experts that Business Insider spoke with say that making it a worker-to-worker dispute takes the onus off of companies and policy.

Persons: —, Kira Benson, Benson, Benson's, isn't, tenable, It's, aren't, Amanda Pericles, JessieMay Reed, they've, I'm, Benson doesn't, Arindrajit Dube, Claudia Goldin, Dube, " Dube, Evi, Nardi, Pericles, Pericles isn't, Reed, Kitty Richards, Richards, Betsy Cardenas, She's, Cardenas, we're Organizations: Business, Service, Bloomberg Law, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Treasury Department, of Labor Statistics, monopsony Locations: Seattle, —

☆ The Enforcer: The New EEOC Commissioner's Strategy
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Sharon Epperson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Kalpana Kotagal spent her career as a civil rights and employment attorney, perhaps best known as one of the creators of the Inclusion Rider, which diversified Hollywood in front of, and behind the camera. Confirmed as the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commissioner in August 2023, Kotagal talks about her agenda and how she plans to work with Human Resource leaders in her new position.

Persons: Kalpana Kotagal, Kotagal Organizations: U.S, Human Locations: Hollywood

☆ This key element of ESG investing could drive real change at companies and boost returns
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The social pillar of the environmental, social and corporate governance investing framework — known as ESG in short — has been dubbed the "middle child" largely due to data challenges. For years, the social pillar has been considered relatively nebulous and hard to quantify. And it comes despite the fact that the ESG investing framework has found itself in hot water politically. In these cases, she said the social pillar comes into play in ensuring a carbon transition is equitable and just. A fraught environmentGlobally, it appears social themes will become more clear and important to investors over time.

Persons: Michael Nagle, ESG, Michael Young, Young, They're, Marian Macindoe, Insperity, Fuller, Macindoe, that's, Yijia Chen Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, Bloomberg, Getty Images Bloomberg, Getty, Sustainable Institute, BNP, Securities and Exchange, Commission, Parnassus Investments, Irrational Capital, Microsoft, Apple, Apple Hospitality, Calvert Research, Management Locations: New York, U.S, United States, Harbor, ESG

☆ Elon Musk calls antisemitic tweet 'the actual truth'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Lora Kolodny | In Lorakolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and owner of X, arrives for the Inaugural AI Insight Forum in Russell Building on Capitol Hill, on Wednesday, September 13, 2023. Tesla , SpaceX, and X Corp. leader Elon Musk issued a spate of arguably bigoted tweets on Wednesday that spurred a critical backlash online. Musk replied to that tweet in emphatic agreement: "You have said the actual truth." "This exchange would have languished in obscurity had Musk not replied to this bigoted bromide," wrote Yair Rosenberg in The Atlantic. Musk previously threatened to sue the ADL, alleging that they tried to "kill" his social network's business.

Persons: Elon Musk, Tesla, Musk, Yair Rosenberg, Jonathan Greenblatt, Brian Levin, Ye, Levin, Meredith Benton, Benton Organizations: SpaceX, X Corp, Defamation League, Bloomberg, Defamation, ADL, CNBC, Employment Opportunity, California State University, San, Capital, Twitter Locations: The, America, U.S, Israel, San Bernardino, North America

And for that, Suzette Baker was fired as a library director in a rural county in central Texas. She and two other librarians who were similarly fired have filed workplace discrimination claims with the U.S. Reached through the Colorado Civil Rights Division, the settlement requires her former employer to give librarians more say in decisions involving library programs. After her firing in 2022, Baker filed an EEOC claim against her employer, the Llano County Library System in Kingsland, Texas. Like Baker, Lesley had trouble finding work after being fired from the library system she directed in Gillette, Wyoming.

Persons: —, Suzette Baker, ”, Baker, Brooky Parks, Iris Halper, “, Terri Lesley, Halpern, Rathod Mohamedbhai, David Lopez, ” Baker, ” EEOC, Victor Chen, Lesley, Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Robie Harris, Robert Pitman, Lesley's, ” Lesley Organizations: U.S, Commission, American Library Association, Erie Community Library, Colorado Civil Rights Division, High Plains Library District, University of Denver, Public, System, Rutgers University, “, American Terrorist, Sexual, ”, ” Texas U.S, District, Supreme Locations: Texas, Kingsland , Texas, Erie, Denver, Llano County, Campbell, Gillette , Wyoming, Tennessee, Kingsland, ” Texas, U.S, Llano

☆ Dollar General must pay $1 million after charging customers too much at checkout
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ohio's attorney general said last year that Dollar General overcharged customers for items like groceries. Under the settlement, Dollar General will pay $750,000 to the office of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost. Many Dollar General stores are so cluttered with merchandise that fire marshals have ordered them to close. Dollar General is taking $95 million in write-downs on surplus merchandise as well as deploying "smart teams" to stores that need cleaning up. Do you work or shop at Dollar General and have a story idea to share?

Persons: —, Dave Yost, doesn't, Hannah Hundley, NBC4 Organizations: Service, Columbus TV, Ohio, Dollar, Employment Opportunity Commission, US Occupational Safety, Health Administration Locations: Ohio, Butler, Southwestern Ohio, Columbus, The Tennessee

☆ At unicorn startup Carta, a culture of absolute fealty to an erratic and vindictive CEO, employees say
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Darius Rafieyan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

Both men remained valued employees at Carta, with the sales representative even getting promoted just weeks after the alleged "helicopter penis" incident, according to former employees. CEO Henry Ward cofounded Carta, originally called eShares, in 2012 as a service for startups to digitize their paper stock certificates. Today Carta helps startups track their investors, employees manage their equity awards, and venture capitalists administer their funds. The lawsuit says that 10 days after Rogers filed her complaint, Ward "began treating Ms. Rogers in an aggressive and demeaning manner during several meetings." Many of the employees who have spoken out publicly about Carta and Ward have found themselves embroiled in expensive legal battles.

Persons: Lisa Whittaker, Whittaker, Jerry Talton, David Kim, Andrea Lamari, Kim, Henry Ward, Andreessen Horowitz, Ward, Henry, Alex Kurland, Carta, Peter Thiel, Simon Cowell, Talton's, Suzanne Elovic, Elovic, Lamari, Jeff Perry, Perry, salespeople, JT Goodman, Goodman, Goodman didn't, Jeff Perrry, Allie Rogers, Rogers, Rodgers, Rachel Mayes, Ward doesn't, Mayes, Jeff, Jeff Perry countersued, Orrick Herrington, Sutcliffe, Kleiner Perkins, Ellen Pao, Amanda Sheets, Sheets, Pushback, Lindauer, Whitaker, Whittaker wasn't, Barbara Byrne, Byrne, Talton, Joe Osnoss, Osnoss, Heidi Johnson, Johnson Organizations: Carta, UBS, Gold Club, Lightspeed, California Civil Rights Department, Meritech, YouTube, Win, York Stock Exchange, San, San Francisco Superior, San Francisco Superior Court, Barclays, Lehman Brothers, Montana Human Rights Bureau Locations: San Francisco, Brazil, Silicon Valley, California, Palo, Iranian, Lindauer, Silver, Montana

☆ Dollar General took back job offers from applicants with high blood pressure and poor eyesight, a federal agency lawsuit claimed
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Dollar General rescinded job offers to applicants with high blood pressure or poor eyesight, an EEOC lawsuit claims. AdvertisementAdvertisementDollar General violated disability-discrimination laws by rescinding job offers to some applicants with high blood pressure or poor eyesight, a federal agency said in a lawsuit. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe retailer rescinded job offers for some qualified individuals with disabilities, even when these wouldn't affect their ability to safely carry out the job, the EEOC's suit claimed. "Any alleged discriminatory or otherwise unlawful behavior imputed to Dollar General was neither intentional, knowing, reckless, nor malicious," the retailer said. Insider contacted Dollar General for comment, but did not immediately receive a response, outside regular US business hours.

Persons: —, EEOC, GINA, Madeline Hughes Haikala, Bradley Anderson Organizations: Service, Commission, Dollar, Court, Northern, Northern District of, Disabilities Locations: Bessemer , Alabama, Bessemer, Alabama, Northern District, Northern District of Alabama, Birmingham , Alabama

ATLANTA (AP) — The state of Georgia will start paying for gender-affirming health care for state employees, public school teachers and former employees covered by a state health insurance plan, settling another in a string of lawsuits against Georgia agencies aiming to force them to pay for gender-confirmation surgery and other procedures. The December lawsuit argued the insurance plan illegally discriminated by refusing to pay for gender-affirming care. But Brown said Thursday's settlement requires the health plan to pay for care deemed medically necessary for spouses and dependents as well as employees. That means the health plan could be required to pay for care for minors outside the state even though it's prohibited in Georgia. “The plan can’t treat the care any differently from other care that’s not available in the state,” Brown said.

Persons: “, ” David Brown, Micha Rich, Benjamin Johnson, Brown, it's, ” Brown, John Doe, ” Rich, Jeff Amy Organizations: ATLANTA, State, of Community Health, Civil, University, Georgia, University of Georgia, Department of Community Health, Circuit, Appeals, Georgia Department, School District, Family, Children Services, U.S, Opportunity Commission Locations: Georgia, Atlanta, Clayton County, Houston, Houston County, U.S, Bibb, Macon ., Paulding County, North Carolina, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Iowa, Florida, Arizona

☆ Companies won't hire these women to drive trucks because of their gender, a new lawsuit says.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Sebastian Cahill | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A new lawsuit accuses one of the US's largest trucking companies of gender discrimination. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn a new class action lawsuit, three named women allege that a trucking company either delayed their hiring processes or refused to hire them altogether because of their gender. Per the filing, other women applying were told there was a hiring freeze for women. Romer-Friedman added filing with the EEOC is the first step in a process that could lead to a federal civil rights lawsuit against Stevens Transport. Stevens Transport did not respond to a request for comment from Insider sent outside regular working hours.

Persons: —, Kim Howard, Ashli Streeter, Peter Romer, Stevens, Howard, Streeter, Friedman, Romer, I've Organizations: Service, Stevens Transport, Trucking, Commission, Romer, Bureau of Labor Statistics Locations: Friedman's, America

NEW YORK (AP) — Chelsea Gray is out at least for Game 4 of the WNBA Finals after suffering an injury to her left foot Sunday. The Las Vegas Aces star guard was wearing a boot on her foot and had it propped up on a scooter she used to get into practice Tuesday. I'm waiting for more information, it's not good,” said Gray, who was going to wait until she got back to Las Vegas for further evaluation. Las Vegas also will be missing forward Kiah Stokes, who had a boot on her right foot. Political Cartoons View All 1211 ImagesGame 4 is Wednesday night in New York and Las Vegas leads the best-of-five series 2-1.

Persons: — Chelsea Gray, it's, ”, Gray, Kiah Stokes, ” Stokes, “ There's, ” Gray, couldn't, “, Becky Hammon, Stokes, Sydney Colson, Cayla George, Candace Parker, Riquna Williams, hasn't, — Gray, A'ja Wilson, Jackie Young, Kelsey Plum, Dearica Hamby, Hamby, ” Hammon, ___ Organizations: WNBA, Las Vegas Aces, Las Vegas, Liberty, Aces, Sydney, Nevada Equal Rights Commission, Commission Locations: Las Vegas, Vegas, New York

☆ A McDonald's manager sexually harassed a 17-year-old worker until she was 'forced' to resign, a federal agency says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

An Oklahoma McDonald's manager sexually harassed a teenage worker until she resigned, the EEOC says. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementA McDonald's manager in Oklahoma sexually harassed a 17-year-old worker until she felt that she had no choice but to resign, a federal agency says. This subjected her to a hostile work environment and amounted to constructive discharge because she was "forced" to resign, the EEOC says. The EEOC is seeking backpay, punitive damages, and other compensation from Arch Fellow for the worker.

Persons: —, Arch Fellows Organizations: Service, Commission, Arch, Arch Fellows Locations: Oklahoma, Checotah, Tulsa

☆ Microsoft, Amazon among the companies shaping AI-enabled hiring policy
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Rachel Curry | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

As businesses implement AI in hiring, they must earn and maintain the trust that these processes are working as they should. In partnership with companies including Amazon, Unilever, Koch Industries and Microsoft, the principles address transparency, fairness, non-discrimination, technical robustness, safety, governance and accountability with the use of AI in hiring. Meanwhile, the protocols specify the criteria for third-party AI vendor certification to promote accountability beyond the employer. He cited the potential implications of a video interview, where AI technology could collect data about a candidate's voice, inflection and eye movements. Ultimately, he says communication and consent for reasonable use are two best practices for AI in hiring that employers shouldn't skip.

Persons: Josh Millet, Google's Bard, Eric Reicin, Reicin, Millet, China's iTutorGroup, they're Organizations: Center for Industry, Amazon, Unilever, Koch Industries, Microsoft, BBB, Healthworks, California Supreme, National Bureau of Economic Research, U.S, Commission, Reuters Locations: New York, California

WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert joked Sunday she'll have to get new shoes now that the league has added one expansion team, with another most likely on the way soon. Engelbert has a pair of high heels with all of the WNBA team logos on them. The shoes will become a collectors' item in 2025 when the expansion team owned by the Golden State Warriors starts playing. “The goal is to add a second one, or 14th team, by 2025,” Engelbert said before Game 1 of the WNBA Finals. Portland had a WNBA team from 2000-02, playing its games at the Rose Garden before the franchise folded.

Persons: Cathy Engelbert, Engelbert, “, ” Engelbert, I've, Charlotte ,, Dearica Hamby, Becky Hammon, “ wasn't, ” Organizations: WNBA, Golden State Warriors, Oregon State, Los Angeles Sparks, Las Vegas Aces, Commission Locations: Denver, Philadelphia, Charlotte, Charlotte , North Carolina, Nashville , Tennessee, Portland , Oregon, Portland, Oregon

Dearica Hamby filed a gender discrimination complaint last week against the WNBA and the Las Vegas Aces, saying her former team and its coach, Becky Hammon, retaliated against her after she informed them she was pregnant. Hamby filed the complaint with the Nevada Equal Rights Commission and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, according to a copy of the complaint obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday. That came after Hamby told the team she was pregnant with her second child. In May, Hammon refuted Hamby’s claims and said the Aces traded the two-time WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year because it was best for the team. Any team can trade any player for any reason or no reason at all.

Persons: Dearica Hamby, Becky Hammon, Hamby, Hammon, “, ”, Hamby’s, ” Hammon Organizations: WNBA, Las Vegas Aces, Nevada Equal Rights Commission, Opportunity, The Associated Press, Los Angeles Sparks, Washington Post, Aces, Sparks, “, Players, Union Locations: New York

☆ Ex-Tesla factory worker loses bid for new trial in race bias
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

An aerial view of the Tesla Fremont Factory on May 13, 2020 in Fremont, California. A Black former factory worker for Tesla lost his bid on Wednesday for a third trial in his race discrimination lawsuit against the electric carmaker, after a California federal judge rejected his claims that the company's lawyers had engaged in misconduct and tainted his trial. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last week, to allege rampant racial harassment at Tesla's flagship Fremont, California assembly plant. The judge ordered the second trial to determine damages after Diaz turned down a lower payout of $15 million. Orrick barred both sides from presenting new evidence or testimony at the second trial, which took place in March.

Persons: Tesla, William Orrick, Owen Diaz, staving, Diaz, baselessly, Orrick Organizations: Tesla Fremont Factory, U.S, Commission Locations: Fremont , California, California, San Francisco, Fremont

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last week, to allege rampant racial harassment at Tesla's flagship Fremont, California assembly plant. The judge ordered the second trial to determine damages after Diaz turned down a lower payout of $15 million. Tesla and lawyers for Diaz did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Orrick barred both sides from presenting new evidence or testimony at the second trial, which took place in March. Diaz claimed that Tesla's lawyers violated that directive by questioning him and other witnesses about alleged altercations between Diaz and other workers, which had not come up at the first trial.

Persons: Thomas Peter, Tesla, William Orrick, Owen Diaz, staving, Diaz, baselessly, Orrick, Daniel Wiessner, Lisa Shumaker, Alexia Garamfalvi Organizations: REUTERS, U.S, Commission, Thomson Locations: Beijing, China, California, San Francisco, Fremont , California, Fremont, Albany , New York

(AP) — The federal government has joined several former workers in suing Union Pacific over the way it used a vision test to disqualify workers the railroad believed were color blind and might have trouble reading signals telling them to stop a train. Union Pacific didn't immediately respond to questions about the lawsuit Monday. The EEOC said in its lawsuit that the test doesn't replicate real world conditions or show whether workers can accurately identify railroad signals. Some of the workers who sued had failed Union Pacific's “light cannon” test but passed another vision test that has the approval of the Federal Railroad Administration. The workers involved in the lawsuit were doing their jobs successfully for Union Pacific for between two and 30 years.

Persons: ”, Gregory Gochanour, EEOC Organizations: Union Pacific, Pacific, EEOC’s Chicago, Federal Railroad Administration Locations: OMAHA, Neb, Norfolk Southern, Ohio, Pennsylvania, East Palestine, Pacific, Minnesota , Illinois, Arizona , Idaho , California , Kansas , Nebraska , Oregon, Washington, Texas, The Omaha , Nebraska

☆ A Chipotle manager repeatedly asked a teenage worker to remove her hijab and partially pulled it off when she refused to show him her hair, federal prosecutors say
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A Kansas Chipotle manager repeatedly asked a Muslim teenage worker to remove her hijab, the EEOC saidThis culminated in the manager "forcibly" pulling it off her head to see her hair, the EEOC said. AdvertisementAdvertisementA Chipotle manager in Kansas repeatedly asked a Muslim worker to remove her hijab and "forcibly" pulled it off her head when she refused to show him her hair, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says. The assistant manager "continually" asked the worker, then 19, to remove her hijab and show him her hair despite her asking him to leave her alone, the EEOC wrote. The harassment reached a peak when the assistant manager tried to forcibly remove the worker's hijab, according to the EEOC. In August 2021, when staff were closing down the restaurant, the assistant manager "reached out, grabbed her hijab, and yanked," the EEOC said.

Persons: —, Chipotle didn't, Chipotle Organizations: Chipotle, Service, Commission, Kansas City Star Locations: Kansas, Lenexa

A federal agency has sued the restaurant chain Chipotle, accusing it of religious harassment and retaliation after a manager at a Kansas location forcibly removed an employee's hijab, a headscarf worn by some Muslim women. After several weeks, the harassment culminated in him grabbing and partially removing her hijab, according to the complaint. Chipotle's chief corporate affairs officer, Laurie Schalow, said the company encourages employees to report concerns, including through an anonymous hotline. One night during closing in August 2021, the manager allegedly reached out and pulled her hijab partially off her head. The lawsuit claims that Chipotle violated federal civil rights law protecting employees and job applicants from discrimination based on religion, race, ethnicity, sex and national origin.

Persons: Laurie Schalow, ”, Chipotle Organizations: Commission Locations: Kansas, Lenexa , Kansas

☆ EEOC sues Tesla alleging widespread racist harassment of Black workers, retaliation against those who spoke out
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Lora Kolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has sued Tesla accusing Elon Musk's electric car maker of violating "federal law by tolerating widespread and ongoing racial harassment of its Black employees and by subjecting some of these workers to retaliation for opposing the harassment." The federal agency responsible for enforcing civil rights laws against workplace discrimination announced it was filing suit against Tesla on Thursday. Last year, a financial filing from Tesla revealed that the EEOC had issued a cause finding against the company. After that, Tesla engaged in a mandatory conciliation process with the EEOC the filing said. The lawsuit (EEOC v Tesla, Inc., Case No.

Persons: Tesla, Elon, Owen Diaz, Read Organizations: Tesla Inc, Opportunity Commission, Tesla, CNBC, Inc, Northern, Northern District of Locations: Fremont , California, U.S, California, Northern District, Northern District of California

☆ Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sues Tesla alleging racism at California factory
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The United States government’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Tesla Thursday alleging the automaker allowed repeated and overt displays of racism toward Black employees in its Fremont, California, factory. Racist slurs were allegedly used often by non-Black employees when speaking to Black employees at the factory, according to the suit. This is not the first time Tesla has faced legal repercussions for alleged racist behavior in the Fremont factory. In 2022, a California state civil rights agency also sued Tesla accusing the company of allowing racist abuse in the factory. Shortly before the California state suit was filed last year, Tesla published a blog post denying such allegations.

Persons: Tesla, Black, “ Tesla Organizations: CNN, United, Opportunity, Court, Northern District of, Tesla Locations: United States, Fremont , California, Northern District, Northern District of California, Fremont, California

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