Tesla Layoffs Violated Law With No Warning to Workers, Suit Says

Tesla Inc. was sued by some former employees who claim the company’s decision to lay off about 10% of its workforce violated federal law by failing to provide the required advance notice for the job cuts.

Two workers fired this month from Tesla’s battery factory near Reno, Nevada, allege the company didn’t comply with the 60-day notification requirement under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, according to the lawsuit they filed late Sunday in Austin, Texas, federal court.

John Lynch and Daxton Hartsfield, who worked at the plant for about five years, were among more than 500 employees at ...