San Francisco, October 6: SpaceX engineer Ashley Foltz has sued the Elon Musk-run aerospace company, alleging pay discrimination where women and minority employees are being paid less than male and white workers. Foltz said in her proposed class-action lawsuit that she was hired on a $92,000 salary as a base-level engineer, even though men with similar or less experience were offered as much as $115,000, reports Forbes.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천 Ashley was hired in September 2022 as a propulsion engineer at SpaceX.

Musk and company executives have 슬롯사이트no legitimate justification for their discriminatory pay practices,슬롯사이트� the lawsuit argued. Foltz described herself as one of the few female engineers at SpaceX. She found out about the pay gap when California's Pay Transparency Act came into effect.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Trouble for Elon Musk as US SEC Seek to Compel X Owner to Testify in Their Investigation of His Twitter Acquisition.

Foltz accused SpaceX of violating California labour law, and asked the court to 슬롯사이트award civil penalties and monetary damages to her and any other affected employees슬롯사이트�. SpaceX was yet to comment on the lawsuit. This is not the first time the Musk-run aerospace company has been accused of discriminatory hiring and promotion practices.

In August this year, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) sued SpaceX for discriminating against asylees and refugees in hiring. The lawsuit alleged that, from at least September 2018 to May 2022, SpaceX routinely discouraged asylees and refugees from applying and refused to hire or consider them, because of their citizenship status, in violation of the US Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Samsung Health Monitor App Feature Update: 'Sleep Apnea' Feature To Arrive on Samsung Galaxy Watch Series in Korea By Next Year.

In job postings and public statements over several years, SpaceX wrongly claimed that under federal regulations known as 슬롯사이트export control laws,슬롯사이트� SpaceX could hire only US citizens and lawful permanent residents, sometimes referred to as 슬롯사이트green card holders", the DoJ lawsuit alleged. 슬롯사이트Our investigation found that SpaceX failed to fairly consider or hire asylees and refugees because of their citizenship status and imposed what amounted to a ban on their hire regardless of their qualification, in violation of federal law,슬롯사이트� said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke.

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