NLRB claims Tesla violated law by telling employees not discuss pay

Tesla was accused by the National Labor Relations Board of violating labor laws by preventing employees from discussing workplace issues in Orlando, Florida. According to BloombergThe NLRB’s Tampa region director filed a lawsuit against the automaker in September. He claimed that the company broke the law by telling employees to not discuss their salaries with anyone else and to not talk about the termination or rehiring of another employee. According to the FOIA request filed by the news organization, Tesla management told employees not to complain to “higher-ranking managers” about working conditions.

Tesla has faced many challenges complaints by the NLRB These numbers have increased over the past few years. The agency discovered that the automaker had a 20% market share in 2021. violated The US Labor Laws by firing a union activist, and threatening workers’ benefits. The NLRB ordered The company ordered Richard Ortiz, a union activist, to be rehired and all references to disciplinary action to be removed from Ortiz’s files. It ordered Tesla chief Elon Musk, to delete a Tweet that the court deemed a threat that employees might give up their company-paid stock options if he joined a union. The tweet is still liveTesla is also available. appealing The NLRB’s decision in court.

An agency spokesperson said Bloomberg The complaint was filed by the Tampa region director in February. A judge will review it. The publication points out that companies have the right to appeal to the decision of the Tampa regional director to the NLRB members in Washington, and then to the federal court. Therefore, corrective action could take many years.