According to a financial filing out Monday, the federal agency that enforces civil rights laws against workplace discrimination issued a cause finding against the electric car maker.
The Department of Fair Employment and Housing filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The first vehicle assembly plant for the US is located in California.
In February, that state agency revealed that it had engaged in a three-year investigation of the company, that it had received hundreds of complaints from black workers, and that it found evidence that the company had engaged in racist discrimination.
Black workers in California have been kept in lower-level roles at the company even if they have the skills and experience for promotions or more senior roles, as well as being assigned more physically demanding, dangerous and dirty work in their facilities, and being retaliated against by the company, according to the
The motion to strike and demurrer was filed in April of this year. There will be a hearing in California in August.
The company said in its filing that it will engage in a compulsory process with the EEOC. The agency can file a lawsuit against the company if they can't reach an agreement through the process.
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