‘Halt all terminations…’: TCS layoffs prompt NITES to write to Labour Minister; IT employee union wants stay on 12,000 job losses

The information of TCS layoffs has led to Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES) writing to Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya. India’s greatest IT companies agency, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Sunday mentioned it could be shedding round 12,000 workers over the course of the 12 months, which suggests an approximate 2% minimize in its workforce.With this TCS is about to implement its greatest workforce discount ever. Previously, the corporate had terminated roughly 3,000 workers in 2015, which was round 1% of its whole workers at the moment. This is reportedly the largest mass layoff that the Indian IT business is about to witness.

TCS Layoffs: NITES Wants Halt On Terminations

NITES, an IT staff’ union, has written a letter to Union labour minister Mansukh Mandaviya, voicing issues concerning the mass sackings introduced by Tata Consultancy Services.According to an ET report, the IT staff’ organisation challenged the legality of those dismissals and requested official directions be issued to TCS to “halt all terminations and reinstate affected employees.”Also Read | TCS layoffs ‘biggest ever’ for Indian IT! Artificial Intelligence not to blame for ‘difficult’ resolution? Top 10 issues to find out about mass sackingsThe union emphasised that allowing a company of TCS’s magnitude to conduct large-scale layoffs and firings with out correct procedures or accountability would set up the mistaken normal for different organisations, main to employment uncertainty, diminished employee protections, and diminished confidence in India’s labour surroundings.NITES urged the Ministry to maintain the corporate’s senior management accountable, significantly given the CEO’s wage improve throughout a interval of widespread job cuts.According to TCS’s annual report, CEO Ok Krithivasan obtained Rs 26.5 crore in FY25, representing a 4.6% improve from the earlier monetary 12 months. The report indicated that his compensation was 329.8 occasions the median employee wage.Additionally, NITES referred to as for an investigation into TCS’s delayed onboarding practices. Earlier this month, the union had highlighted issues concerning delays within the lateral recruitment of 600 professionals.

Other Trade Unions Also Slam TCS

IT sector employee unions have labelled the dismissals illegal and inspired TCS workers going through redundancy to resist resignation pressures. The Karnataka State IT/ITeS Employees Union has appealed to the know-how main to withdraw its workers discount technique and restore positions of impacted staff.The Forum for IT Employees (FITE) has advisable that TCS ought to keep away from making use of direct strain on workers to resign. Instead, they suggested the corporate to present discover interval remuneration, severance packages and prolong medical health insurance advantages for a 12-month interval.Also Read | ‘Don’t resign below strain….’: TCS layoffs opposed by IT employee unions; IT big to sack 12,000 workers