“On the fixed-wage side, we grew very fast,” Musk told Bloomberg. However, he added that the total number of employees will be higher in a year, both those with a fixed wage and those paid by the hour.
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The company has been recruiting new employees in recent months and has around 100,000 worldwide. The layoffs, which will affect employees in various departments – from human resources to software engineers – have surprised many.
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Reuters reported on Tuesday that former Tesla employees were suing the company for saying it had violated federal law by “mass layoffs” because it had not informed the layoffs in advance.
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The lawsuit was filed by two employees at the Nevada plant, who were fired in June. He claims that more than 500 employees had to leave the plant and that their termination was immediate. The company thus failed to comply with the federal law on collective redundancies, which requires it to notify redundancies 60 days in advance.
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Plaintiffs claim class action status for all former employees across the United States fired in May or June without notice. They also claim wages and benefits for the notice period. Tesla did not respond to the request for comment on the lawsuit and did not comment on the number of laid off employees. Musk himself downplayed the lawsuit, saying he had no weight yet.
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“Anything related to Tesla seems to cause a lot of clicks – whether it’s trivial or significant. I’d put this lawsuit you’re talking about in the category of trivial,” he said.
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