Laid Off Employees Can Lose Severance Package If They Talk About Issues At Tesla

Language in a confidential severance agreement Tesla Inc. is using as part of the biggest job cut in its history is likely to deter dismissed employees from going public with worker safety concerns, according to employment-law experts.

A proposed severance agreement Tesla presented to one of the more than 3,000 workers dismissed last week required acknowledgment that the employee “had the opportunity to raise any safety concerns, safety complaints, or whistleblower activities against the company, and that if any safety concerns, safety complaints, or whistleblower activities were raised during your employment, they were addressed to your satisfaction.”

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carloslassiter - 6/18/2018 5:23:35 PM

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EVERY company in the world does this anytime they lay off ANYONE, not that I'd expect the guys in this forum to know that.

TheSteve - 6/18/2018 5:56:53 PM

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Yup. The law says we owe ya little or nothing, but in exchange for your co-operation, we'll make it worth your while. Agreed? Sign here. Being packaged out can be rather appealing!

SanJoseDriver - 6/18/2018 6:31:24 PM

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Um duh, that is how all severance packages work.

MDarringer - 6/18/2018 10:28:30 PM

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The Alt-Left fascist-socialists have spoken so the hypocrisy must be true. Severance packages typically do not apply to people who bolt wheels on. Such agreements are typically the domain of white-collar jobs and not blue-collar jobs. Moreover, gag clauses typically cover technological secrets and financial matters of a confidential nature. Elon is Der Fuhrer and the Gestapo of three screen names backs him up.

SanJoseDriver - 6/19/2018 1:29:31 AM

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As far as I know it was white collar jobs that got axed (including the ones in the Fremont Factory)

malba2367 - 6/18/2018 10:34:48 PM

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Severance packages that are more generous than legally requires almost always have a gag clause. Time to move on...no news here.

carloslassiter - 6/19/2018 8:03:27 AM

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The Alt-Left fascist-socialists have spoken so the hypocrisy must be true
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You gotta love this forum. I make a factual comment based on years of experience in M&A and corporate restructuring and a supposedly pro-business MAGA Republican brands me a "fascist-socialist".

You think Matt has any idea what these words actually mean? That is the scariest part of the current political climate where a guy seems to be voting the exact opposite of his apparently deeply held anti-fascist beliefs.

MDarringer - 6/19/2018 8:37:56 AM

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TheSteve - 6/19/2018 1:52:22 PM

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@carloslassiter... #MAGA: Manipulating Angry Gullible Americans

President Donald J. Trump: Calls actual American Nazi marchers "Fine People"
Trumpflakes: Call non-Trumpflakes "Fascists"

Carlos, save your breath. Trumpflakes aren't smart enough to *see* the dots, let alone connect them.

Hauerg - 6/20/2018 2:06:14 PM

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He is an idiot. Just let‘s move on.

carloslassiter - 6/19/2018 11:33:13 AM

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To help you with being so easily triggered to your volcanic, venomous, SJW rage level I offer some soothing words to calm you:

James 1:19 You must understand this, my dear brothers. Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.
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Not angry, just baffled by your continuing labeling of others as fascists when you clearly don't know what that word means.