Tesla factory is “racially segregated workplace,” Calif. state agency alleges

Enlarge / Tesla's factory in Fremont, California. (credit: Tesla)

The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) sued Tesla on Wednesday, alleging systemic racial segregation in the workplace.

"After receiving hundreds of complaints from workers, DFEH found evidence that Tesla's Fremont factory is a racially segregated workplace where Black workers are subjected to racial slurs and discriminated against in job assignments, discipline, pay, and promotion creating a hostile work environment," DFEH Director Kevin Kish said in a statement published in a Wall Street Journal article and a Bloomberg story.

The lawsuit was filed in Alameda County Superior Court but doesn't appear to be publicly available yet. We asked DFEH for a copy of the lawsuit and will update this story if we get it. (Update at 7 pm ET: Here's the lawsuit.)

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