Tesla ordered to pay over $130 million to Black former worker over racism

Bengaluru: A federal jury on Monday has ordered Tesla Inc. to pay more than $130 million in damages to a Black former worker named Owen Diaz, finding he was subjected to a racially hostile work environment, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The jury determined that the company failed to take reasonable steps to prevent Diaz, a contract worker who worked as an elevator operator at Tesla’s Fremont factory in 2015 and 2016, from being racially harassed, the newspaper added.