In the US, Tesla was sued for racial discrimination against employees.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit against Tesla on September 28 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California over allegations of racial harassment against black employees. should from the commission’s press release.

The lawsuit alleges that black employees regularly experience racial harassment at Tesla’s Fremont facility. They are insulted in public places, and various threats against them appear in toilets, elevators and even on new cars, the lawsuit says. In addition, the company fired workers who spoke out against racial discrimination or transferred them to other positions.

“The EEOC’s lawsuit seeks compensatory and punitive damages, back pay to injured workers, and injunctive relief to reform Tesla’s employment practices and prevent similar discrimination in the future,” the commission said in a statement.

EEOC Chair Charlotte Burrows said the company was violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits racial harassment and requires employers to take action to stop such harassment. It is clarified that an attempt was previously made to reach a pre-trial settlement.

This is not the first time Tesla has been accused of racial discrimination against employees. California jury trial in 2021 decided recover $137 million from Tesla as a fine and compensation for moral damages for racist remarks and racial discrimination against former company employee Owen Diaz. Of this amount, only $7 million was compensation for moral damage, and the rest was punitive damages. Diaz asked for a new trial and a new determination of the amount of damages. In April 2023, it ended – the court reduced the payment to Diaz to $3.2 million.

In June 2023, 240 more Black workers at the company announced plans to file a class-action lawsuit against Tesla.