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Tesla ordered to pay more than $3M to former worker in racism suit

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Re: Tesla ordered to pay more than $3M to former worker in racism suit

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Post by smt88 »

Animats wrote: post #68

It's amazing how big the settlements are for discrimination lawsuits vs. other labor law violations. Wage and hour violations get a slap on the wrist. Safety violations seldom cost a company more than a few thousand dollars unless someone is killed, and even then payments rarely exceed 5 figures.

> Wage and hour violations get a slap on the wrist

It's very easy to calculate financial harm, and for an individual worker, even multiplying that harm by 10x isn't going to be a "significant" amount for a large-ish company.

In this random case, the company was ordered to pay the wages and then the same amount on top of that for the damage caused[1], so it was 2x total.

> Safety violations seldom cost a company more than a few thousand dollars unless someone is killed, and even then payments rarely exceed 5 figures.

This isn't true. Just looking at some random, low-profile cases, you can easily find awards in the six figures[2].

Anyway, what's your point?

1. https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20220810

2. https://www.osha.gov/news/newsreleases/national/06222022

Re: Tesla ordered to pay more than $3M to former worker in racism suit

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Post by culi »

Animats wrote: post #68

It's amazing how big the settlements are for discrimination lawsuits vs. other labor law violations. Wage and hour violations get a slap on the wrist. Safety violations seldom cost a company more than a few thousand dollars unless someone is killed, and even then payments rarely exceed 5 figures.

how much did Musk pay to get to force the founders of Tesla to allow Musk to say he was a cofounder? Reputation is hard to maintain but something you can buy

Re: Tesla ordered to pay more than $3M to former worker in racism suit

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Post by thaumasiotes »

smt88 wrote: post #81
Animats wrote: post #68

It's amazing how big the settlements are for discrimination lawsuits vs. other labor law violations. Wage and hour violations get a slap on the wrist. Safety violations seldom cost a company more than a few thousand dollars unless someone is killed, and even then payments rarely exceed 5 figures.

> Wage and hour violations get a slap on the wrist It's very easy to calculate financial harm, and for an individual worker, even multiplying that harm by 10x isn't going to be a "significant" amount for a large-ish company. In this random case, the company was ordered to pay the wages and then the same amount on top of that for the damage caused[1], so it was 2x total. > Safety violations seldom cost a company more…

> Anyway, what's your point?

I'm not Animats, but there might be a suggestion that being discriminated against is not actually worse than being killed.

Re: Tesla ordered to pay more than $3M to former worker in racism suit

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Post by exodust »

dauertewigkeit wrote: post #52
publicmenace wrote: post #26

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You have to go through 8 years of court sitting stress for those $3 million. From that perspective it is a sensible sum. And the way I see it, somebody has to fight injustice. Otherwise laws are meaningless. This guy did it, and that is his reward. We all benefit. I would like to see you take on a lawsuit against a multi billion dollar corporation. Do you think it would be a piece of cake?

> "You have to go through 8 years of court sitting..."

The guy turned down $15 million 2 years ago. How can you not see his motivation?

It has nothing to do with "fighting injustice" and everything to do with winning some unreasonably excessive courtroom lottery.

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