An investor filed a lawsuit against Musk on Thursday, accusing the company of failing to respond to harassment and discrimination complaints.

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Solomon Chau, a shareholder of the company, filed a lawsuit in the Western District of Texas accusing the company of creating a toxic workplace.

California's Department of Fair Employment and Housing filed a suit against the company in February, accusing Black workers of facing "rampant" racism.

Musk was sued in federal court for manipulating the price of Doge coin.

Some employees who signed off on a letter calling Musk a "frequent source of distraction and embarrassment" have been fired.

Musk faced a lot of questions from employees who were worried about his policies on remote work and layoffs.

Forbes asked Musk for comment, but he didn't reply.

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There is a total of fourteen billion dollars. Musk, the richest person in the world, saw his wealth shrink as shares of his company plummeted.

Key Background

There have been job cuts and a slide in the value of the company's shares due to decreased production in China. Musk said earlier this month that he wanted to cut 10% of the staff at his company because of the economy. The cuts may include hourly workers, according to the report. Musk sparked controversy this month with his comments on remote work after he told employees to work from the office for a minimum of 40 hours a week.

Tangent

Several lawsuits have been filed against the company regarding discrimination and racism. The company has been ordered to pay a former employee 15 million dollars after he said employees called him the N-word and told him to leave. The employee was awarded $137 million by a federal jury, but a judge reduced the amount after the company challenged the verdict. According to the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, there are dozens of claims from Black workers that they were subjected to racial slurs, were assigned lower level jobs and were less likely to be promoted to higher positions. The suit was called misguided by the company and it was opposed to all forms of discrimination.

There is a reason why Musk is a poor person.

The employees were fired over the open letter.

A $258 billion alleged doge coin scheme has been brought against Musk and others.

The black workers accused the company of racism. California is stepping in.