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The boss of a Tesla factory has defended the decision to send managers to the homes of workers on long-term sick leave.

In recent weeks, a director of Tesla’s electric car plant in Germany sent managers to check up on about two dozen employees who have continued to be paid while being on sick leave over the past nine months.

André Thierig, the plant’s manufacturing director, said the home visits were common practice in the industry and that the company simply wanted to “appeal to the employees’ work ethic”.

The move by Elon Musk’s US-headquartered carmaker has sparked outrage at the trade union IG Metall, which represents a proportion of the 12,000 workers at the Berlin-Brandenburg gigafactory.

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[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 36 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

The company had identified about 200 members of staff who were still being paid but had not turned up for work at all this year. “They submit a new sicknote from the doctor at least every six weeks,” he said.

...then you don't have to pay them. Company is on the hook for the first six weeks, then the health insurance, then disability, and you can generally terminate people after those six weeks.

In short: You should fire management for gross incompetence. Can't blame a worker for getting paid more because of company stupidity.

Or, different angle: They really must be desperate for workers if they're trying to retain those people. Paying well and having good working conditions would be a way to achieve that, yet another reason to fire management, up to and including Musk, for gross incompetence.

[–] jagermo@feddit.org -3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Not quite - if they are back one day and then have a sick note for something new the next day, the company has to pay again. Phrasing is a little vague, probably by design.

However, it would be easier to offer a severance package or talk to then about leaving the company.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

I don't know why you think the phrase 'haven't shown up for work at all this year' is vague. That seems pretty damn clear to me. Certainly it seems clearer than inventing some kind of complex scenario wherein you suggest they show once every 6 weeks based upon nothing.

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