An IT employees union has written a letter to the Labour Minister to seek action after Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) reportedly delayed the onboarding of several lateral hires. Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES) has asked the Minister for Labour and Employment Bhupender Yadav to intervene in the matter.
According to reports, the IT giant has delayed the joining of over 200 lateral hires by at least three months. These include new hires across Bengaluru, Pune, Delhi and Indore, with experiences ranging from 1.8 years to 15 years. The development came amid the bribe-for-jobs scandal which hit TCS last month.
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In its letter, NITES said that this decision has caused severe hardship to several employees who had resigned from their previous jobs to join TCS. “The consequences of this delayed onboarding are particularly distressing considering the financial obligations and family responsibilities that the affected employees bear,” the letter added.
The union alleged that the employees were informed about the delay in their onboarding when they reached TCS offices on their joining date.
Requesting the labour ministry to intervene in this matter so that the affected employees are not penalised for the decision, the union asked for three reliefs. “We request you to direct TCS to pay the affected employees their full salaries for the three months that their onboarding has been delayed, provide the affected employees with access to TCS's employee assistance program and work with the affected employees to find alternative employment opportunities within TCS,” the union wrote in the letter.
