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Tesla Drops Minority-Worker Language After Musk’s Rants Over Diversity Initiatives
- EV giant has faced multiple racial discrimination suits
- DEI backlash has companies rethinking recruitment efforts
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Tesla Inc. removed language about minority workers and supporting employee resource groups from one of its regulatory filings after Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk’s recent comments criticizing diversity initiatives.
In its latest 10-K filing released early Monday, Tesla omitted a line from a year ago that read: “With a majority-minority workforce, empowering our employee resource groups to take charge in driving initiatives that attract, develop and retain our passionate workforce is vital to our continued success.”