US jury rules in favour of TCS over alleged discrimination

According to a report in legal news portal law360.com, the unanimous nine-member jury found in an Oakland, California court Wednesday that the TCS did not have a "pattern or practice" of intentionally discriminating against non-South Asian workers due to their race or national origin. A jury in California has rejected claims by former Tata Consultancy Services staffers that the IT services firm discriminated against non-Americans, Bloomberg reported. A federal jury in Oakland, California, on Wednesday, sided with TCS against four former employees, in a case that was among the first to go to trial in the US, the report said. HCL Technologies, Infosys and Wipro also face similar claims of being biased towards South Asian employees. “We have always maintained, the claims made in this case were baseless and we are gratified that the jury agreed. The success of TCS rests on the talents, expertise and deep industry knowledge of our employees, who help our customer...