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Automaker Tesla has denied recent reports of the company firing three workers after they opted to stay at home rather than turn up to work at the company’s Fremont, California, production factory in the middle of a coronavirus pandemic. The report initially came from The Washington Post. In a blog post, Tesla dubbed the reports as “fundamentally untrue”, stating that “the employees quoted in recent stories are still employed with Tesla and we have offered them work multiple times”. “All we have asked is that our employees talk to us and provide us the details of their own concern so we can do what we can to help find a solution,” Tesla penned in its blog post.

After weeks of closure, Tesla re-opened its Fremont production facility in May amid a public spat, spearheaded by CEO Elon Musk, with local authorities. In order to help curtail the coronavirus, Tesla instituted protective measures at the facility. According to Tesla, its protective measures meet and exceed county, state and federal guidelines, and is supported by “the vast majority of employees”.

As of late, new coronavirus cases have apparently risen in many states in the U.S, California being one.