AUSTIN - A class action complaint recently brought against Tesla is accusing the company of violating the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act by terminating workers without providing sufficient notice.
John Lynch and Daxton Hartsfield, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, filed the suit June 19 in the U.S. District Court for Western Texas.
Prior to their terminations, Lynch and Hartsfield were employed in Tesla’s Gigafactory 2 plant in Sparks, Nevada. On June 10, 2022, Lynch was notified that his employment was being terminated effective immediately. Tesla did not provide 60 days advance written notice, or any advance notice at all, to Lynch, according to the suit.
Five days later, Hartsfield learned that his employment was being terminated effective immediately without sufficient notice.
“Upon information and belief, thousands of other employees working for Tesla across the United States have been terminated,” the suit states. “In fact, Tesla terminated more than 500 employees alone at its Gigafactory 2 plant in Sparks, Nevada where the named Plaintiffs were employed.
“Upon information and belief, Plaintiffs and the Class Members have not received written notice at least sixty (60) days in advance of the termination of their employment, and have not received as much notice as practicable under the circumstances.”
The plaintiffs are seeking compensatory damages and attorney’s fees.
They are represented by Herrmann Law in Fort Worth.
Case No. 1:22-cv-00597