Tesla Workers File Emergency Request in Mass Layoffs Lawsuit (1)

(Updates with bullet on details of request to judge)

• Terminated employees who are suing company for allegedly laying off about 10% of its workforce now claim company is trying to get workers to surrender their legal rights in exchange for a one-time payment equal to one or two weeks’ wages and benefits.
• Plaintiffs say in motion filed Tuesday: “The court should not allow Tesla to short-circuit the WARN Act claims that have been filed in this case by seeking to collect releases of that claim while it is being litigated -- from employees who have no reason to know that ...