Tesla Obstructed Probe of Worker Discrimination, California Says
Tesla’s assembly plant in Fremont, California.
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Tesla Inc. is obstructing a California probe of alleged workplace harassment and discrimination at its main electric-vehicle plant by refusing to turn over information to investigators, a state agency claims.
California’s Civil Rights Department asked the Alameda County Superior Court to order Tesla to comply with a subpoena request in a state investigation prompted by a worker complaint in 2021. Tesla failed to hand over documents and communicate promptly following an impasse in talks with the state about an April deposition of a Tesla representative, the agency said Thursday.