Ex-Tesla employee reveals shocking details on worker conditions: ‘You get fired on the spot.’::Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s ‘ultra hardcore’ work culture is revealed to have led to long hours, unsafe conditions, and harassment for employees.

  • ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nz
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    1 year ago

    How is this legal? Does the US have zero employee protection regulation?

    If this happened in NZ, the business owner would be put through the ringer and it would be front page news (it’s been front page plenty here) for unfair dismissal.

    • GandarfDeGrape@midwest.social
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      The laws are there, sure. But if you become a corporate “whistle blower” you’re not likely to get a job again. And the company will just drown the accusations in fines and litigation and nothing changes because we’re poor and solo, because we’re not unionized because if we try we get fired (again, illegally).

      Sigh.

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          1 year ago

          Yup. But they don’t work. Same problems. They’ll get dog piled by litigation, threats, and investigations. meanwhile said whistle blower is unemployed and getting raked through the mud. Not much protection going on.

    • gila@lemm.ee
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      They have employment rules, but I believe as they employee your main recourse would be to sue them. They don’t have a government entity like Employment New Zealand to hold the employer to account on the employee’s behalf.

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          1 year ago

          The DoL doesn’t have anything to do with unfair dismissal such as is reported in this case. In fact, a large proportion of US work contracts explicitly allow the employer to terminate the contract for any reason with no notice.

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              There are employment rules though, right? Aside from wage disputes I mean, which in terms of law are more related to contract execution than employment rules. For cases specifically to do with employment rules, who enforces the rule? In other rich western countries exist entities like Employment New Zealand and Fair Work Australia to manage this as a primary function. The US doesn’t have one.

    • radiohead37@lemmy.world
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      Most of the states have at-will laws. Meaning companies can fire people without cause as they please.