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AP, June 21, Tesla CEO musk said that Tesla has a high demand for cars and a long list of orders. Tesla will reduce its salaried employees by 10% in the next three months, and it is still expected to increase Tesla's hourly workers. More Tesla employees will be seen in a year p>
Tesla's massive layoffs caused trouble! Prosecution of laid-off employees: violation of law without prior notice
financial Associated Press, June 21 (editor Bian Chun) the storm caused by Tesla's massive layoffs continues. The company was sued by some former employees, claiming that its decision to lay off about 10% of its employees violated federal law because it did not give advance notice of layoffs p>
according to the lawsuit submitted to the federal court in Austin, Texas on Sunday evening, two workers dismissed by Tesla battery factory this month accused Tesla of failing to comply with the 60 day layoff notice requirement stipulated in the worker adjustment and Retraining Notification Act p>
according to the indictment, John Lynch and daxtonhartsfield, who had worked in the factory for about five years, were one of the more than 500 employees dismissed. Both claimed that neither party had received any notice of termination of the labor contract in advance. They are applying for class action qualification for their lawsuit and filing lawsuits on behalf of other people who were laid off in May and June p>
the so-called workers' adjustment and retraining notice Act requires companies to give 60 days' notice in advance of any large-scale layoff affecting 50 or more employees. Lynch said that he received the notice of dismissal on June 10 with immediate effect, and Hatzfeld said that he received the notice on June 15 p>
the plaintiff requires Tesla to pay compensation and benefits, attorney fees and other expenses for the 60 day notice period p>
"Tesla flagrantly violated the Federal Labor Law and dismissed so many workers without providing the necessary notice, which is very shocking," Shannon LISS Riordan, a lawyer representing Tesla workers, told the media p>
as the global leader in electric vehicles, Tesla has expanded rapidly in the past few years, and the number of employees around the world once increased to about 100000. The company's recent layoffs involve many positions, from human resources representatives to software engineers, which is surprising p>
on June 2, musk told Tesla executives in an email that he had a "very bad feeling" about the economy. The company needs to cut about 10% of its staff and "suspend all global recruitment". This means that Tesla layoffs may involve nearly 10000 people p>
at the same time, Tesla is also slowing down recruitment. According to a market statistics, since musk announced the layoffs, the company has cut the number of jobs it has hired by 14% p>