Ex-employee sues Wipro in America over wages
BY PTI16 May 2015 1:23 AM GMT
PTI16 May 2015 1:23 AM GMT
After Infosys, IT giant Wipro is now facing a lawsuit in the US from a former employee, who has alleged <g data-gr-id="16">violation</g> of local labour codes and issues with wage settlements. Wipro, however, vigorously defend the allegations.
The complaint, filed by Suri <g data-gr-id="19">Payala</g> in Superior Court of the State of California, alleges that the Bengaluru-based firm had violated local labour codes and failed to pay <g data-gr-id="20">over-time</g> wages, among others. <g data-gr-id="21">Payala</g> said he worked with Wipro for the first six months of 2014 as a computer technician and was outsourced to DIRECTV in California. He alleged that Wipro intentionally misclassified employees like to circumvent local labour laws on wages and overtime. When contacted, a Wipro spokesperson said: "Wipro abides by the laws of every jurisdiction where we do business. While we do not comment on pending litigation, suffice to say Wipro will vigorously defend these allegations."
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Wipro's larger rival, Infosys has faced a similar situation but with a US national alleging that Infosys was sending Indian employees to the US to work on projects on short-term, non-employment (B1) visas, in violation of American immigration regulations. Jack Palmer alleged that Infosys was doing this to circumvent increased restrictions around work visas.
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