Labor/Employment,
Litigation & Arbitration
Jan. 5, 2023
Appeals court denies Tesla’s bid to arbitrate workplace discrimination claims
“The published decision by the Court of Appeal also enshrines for the first time in California case law that the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) can be the basis of public injunction claims,” according to Bryan Schwartz Law, the plaintiffs’ law firm.
The 1st District Court of Appeal denied Tesla Inc.’s bid Wednesday to compel arbitration in a workplace race discrimination case involving its Fremont factory.
The company was accused of having a workplace rampant with racism, with African-American workers constantly being called slurs as well as inappropriate language and symbolism graffitied onto the side of equipment and on the walls of common areas, such as Nazi swastikas. The named p...
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