US jury orders Tesla to pay ex-employee $137 million over racism
A jury in California on Monday ordered Tesla to pay a Black former employee $137 million (€118m) in damages for turning a blind eye to racism the man encountered at the firm’s car plant in Fremont, US media reported. Owen Diaz was hired through a staffing agency as an lift operator at the electric vehicle maker’s Fremont factory between June 2015 and July 2016, where he was subjected to racist abuse and a hostile work environment, according to the court filing. In his lawsuit, Diaz said African-American employees at the factory... Читать дальше...