Infosys Gets Clearance from Karnataka Labor Ministry on Lay Offs of Hundreds of Workers, TCS

Infosys included in large software companies were recently trimmed in large numbers. The Karnataka government’s Labor Ministry investigated the sorting at the company’s Mysuru campus. The interim report of this investigation states that no labor law has been violated by the company.

A media report stated that officials of the state labor department visited the Mysuru Campus of Infosys. The company has informed about its hiring process and the reason for the sorting of the freshers. A government official said that Infosys has given clear information to its workers in communication and no labor law has been violated. The Labor Department of Karnataka will submit a detailed report by next week. The Central Labor and Employment Ministry had directed the Labor Ministry of Karnataka to take necessary steps to resolve the issue of pruning a large number of freshers in the company.

Infosys had reported that he had trimmed around 300 freshers. These workers could not pass the company’s internal tests. IT workers’ Union Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES) had raised the issue of freshers trimmed at the Masuru Campus of Infosys in front of the Central Government’s Labor Ministry. The Labor Ministry had said, “The Karnataka government is requested to investigate the matter.” NITES had reported that Infosys had trimmed around 700 workers. These workers were joined by the company a few months ago.

NITES said that the dismissed freshers were forced to sign the agreement -related agreement, which is an attempt to hide the details of the trimming. There was also apprehension about this retrenchment and impact on the workers under its purview. In a letter to the Labor Ministry, NITES had said, “We have revealed from many complaints received by the affected workers that Infosys has forcibly dismissed the freshers who recently joined. There was a delay of two years after getting these workers’ offer letters.”