Judge: Tesla can’t force alleged sexual harassment victim into arbitration | Ars Technica
Judge: Tesla can’t force alleged sexual harassment victim into arbitration Tesla "ambushed" woman with one-sided arbitration agreement, judge writes. Ars TechnicaTesla can’t force a woman who sued the company over sexual harassment into arbitration, a judge ruled on Monday.
Jessica Barraza sued Tesla in November 2021 in Alameda County Superior Court in California, alleging that she and other women working in the carmaker’s Fremont factory were subjected to “nightmarish conditions of rampant sexual harassment.” The Tesla factory “resembles a crude, archaic construction site or frat house,” with women enduring sexual comments, propositions, and inappropriate touching, the lawsuit said.