As per Moneycontrol reports, an information technology services and consulting company, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has been sued by one of its former employees that alleges discriminatory hiring practices.
Law Suit Grounds
The lawsuit against the IT firm (TCS) is for discriminating against non-South Asian and non-Indian applicants and employees.
One of the company’s former employees (the complainant) Shawn Katz had worked with the company for nine years before he left the organization.
Law Suit Filled
The complaint reads, “TCS’s discrimination is systemic and ongoing, and impacts non-South Asians and non-Indians across the company, as well as applicants, who are disfavored in TCS’s hiring, staffing, promotion, and termination/retention decisions.”
This case was filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey on December 7. The lawsuit he filed alleges that only 12-13 percent of the US Information Technology industry is South Asian.
Additionally, approximately 70 percent of TCS’ US workforce is South Asian and “is primarily composed of non-citizens from India who are in the U.S. on work visas.”
Employee Claims
Shawn Katz claims that despite he was meeting the qualifications for promotion for several years in a row he was never promoted during his tenure at the company.
He further followed that both managers and client companies recommended him for promotion but was moved to the bench and then fired by TCS.
Additionally, during his time on the bench, he claimed the company failed to provide “meaningful assistance.”
Earlier Law Suit Against TCS
This is not the first time that the company has been slapped with such a lawsuit. The Indian IT major, TCS has handled a similar lawsuit filed in 2015.
The company won this matter in the year 2018. Additionally, the jury also determined that TCS did not have a “pattern or practice” of discriminating against non-South Asian workers.
