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India’s IT outsourcing giant Tata Consultancy Services<\/a> 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.
The company is set to go on trial Monday in California over racial discrimination claims by American workers who lost their jobs at TCS offices in the U.S. because they hadn’t been assigned to any of its clients.
The trial will cast a spotlight on work-visa programs companies use to bring overseas workers to the U.S., a practice President Donald Trump has criticized in his protectionist push. TCS, Asia’s largest outsourcer, and rival Indian information technology staffing firms Infosys<\/a> and Wipro have all been squeezed by the Trump administration to hire more Americans on U.S. soil.
Mumbai-based TCS denies any unlawful bias in its U.S. operations and says in court filings that the Caucasian American leading the lawsuit<\/a> was removed from one of its projects and ultimately terminated over “performance concerns.” TCS said it can’t comment specifically on the pending litigation, but believes it has a strong case and will prevail at trial.
“Our success is based on our ability to provide the best talent available, both in the US and globally, based purely on the individual’s specialized experience, skills and fit for each client’s specific needs,” a company spokesman said. “TCS also strictly adheres to all federal and state equal employment opportunity laws and regulations.”
The jury is expected to be shown statistical evidence that the odds of race and national origin not being a factor in TCS’s termination decisions are less than one in a billion. That’s because, since 2011, the company fired 12.6% of its non-South Asian workers in the U.S., compared with less than 1% of its South Asian employees, according to the complaint.
A unit of the Tata Group<\/a>, India’s largest industrial conglomerate, TCS employs more than 400,000 people worldwide, is valued at about $100 billion and posted revenue of $19 billion for the fiscal year that ended in March. Most of its revenue comes from the U.S. and its primary customers are in the financial services sector.
Still, these are challenging times for the company that pioneered the India tech services model five decades ago. The outsourcing industry barreled along at 20 percent-plus growth with little trouble until recently, but easy deals are now gone and customers are looking for price cuts. TCS Chief Executive Officer Rajesh Gopinathan said in a May interview that the industry needs to adapt to seize bigger opportunities than ever.
While TCS has won awards as a top employer in North America, the lawsuit paints a different picture. The case was brought as a class action on behalf of about 1,000 non-South Asians -- most of them U.S. citizens -- who were fired by TCS while on “benched” status, meaning they were laid off by the company while they were between job assignments.
The plaintiffs allege TCS has engaged in a “systematic pattern and practice of discrimination” by favoring Indian ex-pats and visa-ready workers from India for U.S. positions. That has resulted in a workforce that’s almost 80% South Asian, far greater than the 12% representation of South Asians in the U.S. IT workforce, according to the complaint.
Daniel Kotchen, the lead lawyer for the plaintiffs, said the aim of the litigation is to stop outsourcing firms from violating U.S. anti-discrimination laws. Kotchen’s firm is suing a half dozen other outsourcing firms over alleged discrimination, including Infosys and Wipro.
“The U.S. has the world’s strongest economy,” he said. “Foreign corporations that seek to profit from our economic strength have to respect the law of our land.’’
Kotchen said he couldn’t estimate damages the jury may award if it finds that TCS violated U.S. civil rights law. He’s also seeking a court order requiring the company to adopt non-discriminatory practices.
U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland scaled back the case to focus only on allegations about bias in firings, after concluding there was insufficient evidence to back up the claim that TCS discriminated against non-South Asian job applicants. The trial is slated to take about 18 days.
The case is Buchanan v. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd<\/a>., 15-cv-01696, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (Oakland).
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印度的IT外包巨头塔塔咨询服务公司需要提供一个充分的理由,来解释为什么工程师受雇于美国前哨13倍被解雇,如果他们没有南亚。
该公司将于周一受审加州在美国种族歧视的工人失去了工作在TCS办公室在美国,因为他们没有分配给任何客户。
审判将工作签证项目公司使用一个关注的焦点给美国带来海外工人,唐纳德·特朗普批评总统在他的保护主义的推动。TCS、亚洲最大的外包商,和竞争对手印度信息技术人力资源公司印孚瑟斯和Wipro都被挤压的特朗普政府雇佣更多的美国人在美国土壤。
孟买TCS否认有任何非法的偏见在其美国业务,并在提交给法庭的文件中说,高加索美国领导诉讼被从它的一个项目在“性能问题并最终终止。TCS说它不能对未决诉讼发表具体评论,但认为它有一个强有力的理由,在审判会占上风。
“我们的成功是基于我们提供最优秀的人才的能力,无论是在美国和全球范围内,纯粹基于个人的专业经验、技能和适合每个客户的具体需求,”一位公司发言人说。“TCS还严格遵守所有联邦和州平等就业机会法律法规。”
陪审团将统计证据表明,种族和国籍的几率不是TCS的终止决策的一个因素是不到十亿分之一。这是因为,自2011年以来,该公司解雇了12.6%的美国与其亚洲工人南亚,相比之下,只有不到1%的员工,根据投诉。
一个单位的塔塔集团TCS,印度最大的工业企业集团,在全球拥有超过400000人,价值约1000亿美元,营收190亿美元的3月结束的财政年度。大部分的收入来自美国和它的主要客户是在金融服务部门。
不过,这些都是公司的艰难时期,开创了印度科技服务模型五年前。外包行业沿20 percent-plus增长与小麻烦直到最近,但简单的交易现在已经和客户正在寻找降价。TCS首席执行官Rajesh Gopinathan可能接受采访时表示,行业需要适应抓住更大的机遇比以往任何时候都。
尽管TCS获奖前雇主在北美,诉讼描绘了一幅不同的画面。作为集体诉讼案件代表约1000与其亚洲人——他们中的大多数美国公民被解雇了TCS在“就职”状态,这意味着他们被公司解雇,而他们之间的工作分配。
原告声称TCS从事一种歧视”的“系统模式和实践支持印度侨民和visa-ready工人从印度对美国的立场。导致了劳动力,南亚的近80%,远高于12%的南亚人的代表在美国员工,根据投诉。
丹尼尔·柯秦首席原告的律师表示,诉讼的目的是阻止外包公司违反美国反歧视法。柯秦的公司正在起诉半打其他外包公司涉嫌歧视,包括Infosys和Wipro。
“美国拥有世界上最强大的经济,”他说。“外国企业寻求利润从我们的经济实力必须尊重我们的土地的法律。”
柯秦说他不能估计损失陪审团可能奖,如果发现TCS违反了美国民权法。他还寻求法庭指令,要求公司采取非歧视性的做法。
美国地方法官伊冯·冈萨雷斯罗杰斯在奥克兰缩减只关注对偏见的情况下解雇,结束后没有足够的证据支持了这一说法,TCS歧视与其求职者。审判将大约需要18天。
该病例是布坎南v。塔塔咨询服务有限公司15 - cv - 01696,美国地方法院,加州北部地区(奥克兰)。
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