Google paid £4,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit that claims it did not do enough to protect a contractor from being racially profiled while working on an undercover project for Google Maps in shopping malls, reports the Guardian. The contractor, a UK citizen of Moroccan descent, said he was subjected to frequent harassment, including being […]
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Tesla hits back at employee’s racial discrimination claims
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Tesla has unrelentingly hit back at a class-action complaint which labeled the carmaker’s factories a “hotbed for racist behavior.”
In a statement titled a “Hotbed of Misinformation” issued on its website Wednesday, Tesla said it is “absolutely against any form of discrimination, harassment, or unfair treatment of any kind.”
The plaintiff is former employee Marcus Vaughn, who claimed he was routinely called the “n-word” by supervisors while working at Tesla. Vaughn also said he was fired in October “for not having a positive attitude” after complaining to Tesla’s human resources department. Read more…
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Tesla is a ‘hotbed for racist behavior,’ class-action lawsuit claims
Tesla has faced lawsuits over discrimination before. Now, the automaker has been slapped with a class-action complaint that claims Tesla is a “hotbed for racist behavior” across one of Tesla’s factories.
Former Tesla employee Marcus Vaughn filed the …