The California Civil Rights Department is taking legal action against Tesla to force the company to comply with a state investigation into allegations of unlawful harassment of and discrimination against certain Black Tesla workers. The CRD said Thursday it is seeking a court order that will run parallel to the state’s current lawsuit into allegations of employment discrimination. The agency originally filed suit in February 2022 after receiving complaints from Black workers protesting “the near-constant use of racial slurs in the workplace and the presence of racist writing and graffiti in common areas of the workplace.” Tesla did not respond to the CRD’s subpoena until the end of March, when the CRD resorted to sending over a Zoom link for the deposition. Tesla then responded to that, objecting to the deposition request on the grounds that the CRD abused its investigative subpoena power. The agency said Tesla claimed there wasn’t enough time to locate the witness. The CRD then offered a “tolling

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