Bloomberg Law
May 21, 2020, 12:18 PM

Tesla Offers Anxious Plant Workers Unpaid Leave Until May 31

Josh Eidelson
Josh Eidelson
Bloomberg News
Sharon Chen
Sharon Chen
Bloomberg News
Chunying Zhang
Chunying Zhang
Bloomberg News

Tesla Inc. will give workers at its U.S. car and battery plants the ability to take unpaid leave through the end of the month if they’re wary of returning to work, according to an internal memo.

The electric-vehicle maker announced the provision along with plans to reinstate its attendance policy starting Friday. Employees who are concerned they might expose an at-risk member of their household can sign and submit a document to take leave until May 31, Valerie Capers Workman, Tesla’s head of North American human resources, wrote in the memo viewed by Bloomberg News.

Workers who Tesla or ...

Learn more about Bloomberg Law or Log In to keep reading:

Learn About Bloomberg Law

AI-powered legal analytics, workflow tools and premium legal & business news.

Already a subscriber?

Log in to keep reading or access research tools.