Tesla Hit With Worker’s Mass Layoff Notice Violation Lawsuit

Tesla Inc. fired more than 10% of its workforce without providing the advance notice required for a mass layoff, a former worker at one of the electric automaker’s California facilities says in a lawsuit.

The Elon Musk-helmed company fired approximately 14,000 people earlier this year without giving them the 60 days of advance written notice mandated under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification—or WARN—Act and a similar state law, according to the complaint filed Thursday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California.

The federal lawsuit echoes claims another former employee made in California state ...