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According to complaints filed earlier in December with the National Labor Relations Board, two Tesla employees claim they were fired illegally for complaining about company policies.
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According to filings, workers claimed they were let loose to discuss their working conditions.
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This included Tesla's failure "to enforce its non-harassment policies and its implementations of its post-COVID returns to office policy," the filings state.
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Discussion of working conditions is protected under US labor law. Bloomberg reported the first time they complained.
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Tesla didn't respond to our request for comment.
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According to their lawyers, the employees were part of a group that drafted letters for Tesla's executive team.
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Lawyers said they were fired after the letters were circulated but only after the discussions were done in internal chat groups.
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One letter requested that the company change its strict return-to-office policy, which was announced in May and required that all Tesla employees work at least 40 hours per week from an office.