Following the second quarter results of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) that showed a significant reduction in the number of its employees, multiple unions have come out alleging ‘illegal retrenchment’ practices by the company and lack of transparency.

The IT & ITES Democratic Employees’ Association (IIDEA) held a demonstration in front of TCS’s campus at Whitefield in Bengaluru, protesting mass layoffs by the company.

The protesters registered their objection to the layoffs, which reportedly target mid- and senior-level professionals, and demanded that the company immediately halt illegal retrenchments.

They also termed TCS’s new deployment policy, which requires employees to maintain 225 billable days annually, ‘exploitative’.

Concerns about retrenchment

At the protest, concerns wer

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