Tesla Worker Must Arbitrate Harassment, Disability Bias Claims

Tesla Inc. can compel a former employee to arbitrate claims that he was fired after developing a psychiatric disability due in part to sexual harassment he faced from his supervisor.

A federal law allowing alleged victims of workplace sexual harassment to opt out of arbitration doesn’t apply to the claims, and an agreement he signed upon his hiring is enforceable, Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín of the US District Court for the Northern District of California wrote in a Tuesday order.

The 2022 Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act, inspired by the #MeToo movement, provides alleged ...