Tesla was legally sued by a former employee who claimed he was laid off according to the rules so that it was arbitrary. How did the boss, Elon Musk react?
Apparently Elon admitted that he didn't really care about these demands. "Let's not read too much into the groundless initial lawsuits," he said as quoted by CNBC on Wednesday (22/6/2022).
"The impression is that everything related to Tesla gets a lot of clicks, whether it's significant or trivial. I will categorize the lawsuit in the trivial category," he added.
As reported, the prosecution stated that the mass layoffs were not announced in accordance with the applicable regulations, aka sudden. However, federal law in the United States requires that there be at least two months before an employee can be laid off.
They want to represent all Tesla employees in the United States who were cut in June and July without any proper announcements or very sudden.
"Tesla is simply notifying employees that they will be dismissed immediately," the plaintiffs wrote in court documents.
"It's surprising that Tesla has so casually violated federal labor laws with so many employees being laid off without proper notice," said Shannon Lis Riordan, the attorney who represented Tesla employees in the lawsuit.
On the other hand, Elon Musk corrected the number of Tesla employees who were laid off by mass. Previously the figure was around 10% but in a recent email, Musk explained that 10% is a percentage of cutting permanent employees and on the other hand, Tesla will increase the number of contract employees who are paid hourly. This means that according to him, only 3.5% of employees have been laid off.