India’s TCS Faces U.S. Jury Over Why It Fires Americans
- Case spotlights worker-visa program used by IT staffing firms
- Lawyer says goal is to stop national origin discrimination
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India’s IT outsourcing giant Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. needs to offer a good explanation for why engineers hired at its American outposts are 13 times as likely to be fired if they’re not South Asian.
In a trial that started Monday in California, the company is defending itself against claims of racial discrimination by American workers who lost their jobs at TCS offices in the U.S. after not being assigned to any of its clients.