Silicon Valley Startup Firings Over Virus Face Early Court Test
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Velodyne Lidar Inc., which designs the sensor systems that help driverless cars navigate, was sued for laying off 140 workers with one day’s notice, an early test of whether courts will get involved as the coronavirus wipes out jobs in Silicon Valley.
The San Jose, California-based company -- identified by Uber Technologies Inc. two years ago as its primary supplier of lidar, or light detection and ranging -- is accused of using the virus as an excuse to downsize when it was actually preparing to move production overseas.