Electric vehicle maker, Tesla former employees have been represented by a team of lawyers to seek emergency protection from a US court for the fired workers.
Last month Tesla announced its plans to cut 10 percent of its salaried workforce. The company’s main allegations presented on the behalf of the formal employees are that the company did not provide the 60 days of advance notice required by federal law during layoffs.
According to reports, “In a motion filed in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas, the lawyers asked the judge ‘to restrict Tesla’s ability to continue seeking releases from employees in exchange for one week of severance.”
Tesla has been into statement due for various reasons. Musk announced last month to cut the workforce, which would result in reducing Tesla’s total headcount by roughly 3.5 per cent. Followed by laying off employees at various locations and profiles the details are as under:
- Tesla workers John Lynch and Daxton Hartsfield were asked to go last month from Tesla’s Gigafactory 2 in Nevada state in the US, along with more than 500 other employees.
- As Musk announced to cut 10 percent of Tesla’s workforce, the information was confirmed by the employees on social media.
- The company Laid-off approximately 200 workers from its Autopilot team and closed an office in California.
At the end of 2021, Tesla employs more than 100,000 people across its facilities and saw over a 40 percent increase in the company’s workforce last year.
Musk has also said that he believes the US is headed for a recession. He also told Tesla staff that “remote work is no longer acceptable,” requiring salaried employees to return to the office and work a minimum of 40 hours a week.
Later, Musk decided to clarify the Tesla layoffs in an email to all employees. He even stated that “hourly headcount will increase”.
