Yesterday, the CEO of Tesla released an email about working from home Criticize And I told the electric car manufacturer’s employees about it They must return to the office for at least 40 hours a week, or else they must leave the company.
The IG Metall Brandenburg trade union is responding He saidHe will support any employee who opposes Musk’s warning. Tesla employs about 4,000 people in Germany and plans to expand to 12,000.
Those who do not agree to such unilateral demands and who wish to take action against them are given legal support in Germany by the trade unions.
– said Birgit Dietz, Head of the Brandenburg Region at IG Metall.
Workers at Tesla’s Grünheide plant in Germany elected 19 people to the first workers council in February, setting the plant apart from other automaker-run manufacturers in the US and elsewhere, where There is no union representation Musk was otherwise vehemently opposed to such organizations.
There is currently no law in Germany enshrining the right to work from home, but the Ministry of Labor is working on appropriate directives that will increase employee flexibility. Of course, many major employers, including automakers, have started using hybrid business models in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
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