Tesla Sued by Warehouse Employees Over Work Quotas and Overtime

Tesla Inc. allegedly stiffed warehouse workers on pay, made them perform off-the-clock work, and imposed quotas so high the employees could fall short if they took time to use the bathroom, a federal suit says.

The Elon Musk-led company didn’t warn workers that they could be fired if they fell short of hitting numbers that sometimes “had never been disclosed to them,” according to a complaint filed Thursday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of California.

“This quota, because it denies proper access to rest breaks and bathroom time, causes employees to have to work at speeds ...