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TSMC sued for race and citizenship discrimination at its Arizona facilities
TSMC has been accused of preferring Taiwanese employees.
Among the allegations in the complaint are that TSMC's HR team in Taiwan sends the U.S. arm of the company the resumes of candidates that have already been vetted and can work in the U.S., and then the U.S. team "simply hire these Asian/Taiwanese candidates without question, even if no open roles have been posted in the U.S." The suit also claims that a desire for Mandarin or Chinese language skills have been listed even if they wouldn't be required for the position and that the use of Mandarin is used to exclude employees that don't speak the language and limit their career advancement. In October, TSMC's U.S. president Rick Cassidy said that its Phoenix plant achieved a 4% better yield than comparable manufacturing sites in Taiwan in early tests, which is a good sign for the fab. It's unclear if lawsuits over discrimination against American workers and hostile work environments will affect that further, as well as any changes that may occur to the CHIPS Act as the Biden administration wraps up and former President Donald Trump returns to the White House in January.
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