Mumbai-headquartered Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is facing a class action lawsuit in the US over allegations of discriminatory hiring practices in the United States. The company is accused of favouring Indian and South Asian candidates.
Shawn Katz, a former TCS employee for nine years, is seeking relief for alleged discrimination. Katz has alleged that TCS favours Indian or South Asian individuals while making hiring-related considerations and it is biased towards them.
The class action lawsuit will be heard at the US District Court of New Jersey.
TCS is accused of "knowingly and intentionally creating and maintaining an overwhelmingly disproportionate workforce in the United States that consists of approximately 70 percent South Asian employees".
Katz has claimed that the Human Resource acquisition strategies of the TCS are maintained in a way to attract and favour Indian candidates. He further alleged that TCS offers better career growth opportunities to candidates on visas over non-Indian and non-South Asian candidates.
TCS had won a similar lawsuit earlier in 2018 filed by its three former employees at a California district court.
In June 2022, Google agreed to pay $118 million to settle a lawsuit claiming the tech giant had discriminated against women in pay and promotions.
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