More than a dozen US-based employees of Taiwanese chipmaking giant TSMC have sued the company for apparent discrimination against non-Asian workers, according to a recent lawsuit.<\/p>\n
The suit alleges that the world’s largest contract manufacturer of chips — used in everything from Apple iPhones to Nvidia’s AI hardware — unfairly favors Asian staff in terms of hiring, firing and working standards.<\/p>\n
Initially filed in August, the suit was refiled last week as a class action case with 13 plaintiffs named.<\/p>\n
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company declined to comment on the litigation but said in a statement on Thursday that it “believes strongly in the value of a diverse workforce.” <\/p>\n
The company is at the forefront of a generative AI revolution, churning out the world’s most advanced microchips needed to power products made by Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n
It has secured billions of dollars in US funding and has agreed to operate three factories in Arizona. <\/p>\n
The suit alleges that TSMC routinely subjects those who don’t hail from Taiwan or China to a “hostile work environment where verbal abuse, gaslighting, isolation, and humiliation is common, and oftentimes leads to the constructive discharge of these employees.”<\/p>\n
The 13 plaintiffs — whose backgrounds include the United States, Mexico, Nigeria, Europe and Korea — were seeking damages to redress TSMC’s apparent discrimination practices. <\/p>\n
The lawsuit was first filed in August by TSMC recruitment manager Deborah Howington, alleging bias towards Asians, and particularly Taiwanese citizens, in decisions on hiring and termination of employment. <\/p>\n
It claims that non-Asian workers are “frequently excluded from business discussions, as conversations are often conducted in Mandarin, and business documents are routinely written in Mandarin.”<\/p>\n
TSMC said in a statement that “we hire and promote without regard to gender, religion, race, nationality, or political affiliation because we respect differences, and believe that equal employment opportunities strengthen our competitiveness.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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