Tesla Discloses Discrimination Probe by U.S. Civil Rights Agency
- Automaker reveals EEOC investigation in California court case
- Company accuses state agency of seeking ‘quick publicity grab’
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Tesla Inc. revealed that it faced an investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that predates a lawsuit by California’s civil rights agency accusing the company of ignoring “rampant racism” on its factory assembly line.
The world’s largest electric-vehicle maker disclosed the federal probe in a court filing while urging a judge in Oakland, California, to pause February’s suit by the state’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing.