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Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading IT player, finds itself under scrutiny as the Maharashtra labour department issues a notice regarding its employee transfer practices. The notice follows a complaint filed by the Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES), representing IT workers, against TCS for its alleged unethical transfer practices.

NITES has presented more than 300 complaints, alleging that TCS has been systematically compelling over 2,000 employees to relocate to different cities without proper notice or consultation. According to Harpreet Singh Saluja, President of NITES, the company has resorted to threats of disciplinary actions against non-compliance with the transfer directions. Furthermore, TCS is accused of unethically withholding the salaries of…

Amazon has started calling employees back to offices for three days a week. 

It has made this mandatory and has empowered managers to fire those who refuse to comply.

Strict mandate

This comes nearly a month after CEO Andy Jassy said the prospects of employees who refused to work from office were dim.

“If you can’t disagree and commit, it’s probably not going to work out for you at Amazon,” he said.

The company shared guidelines and manager talking points through an internal portal earlier this week.

Managers are directed to follow a three-step process.

3-Step process

According to the guidelines, managers first have to engage in a private conversation with employees who don’t comply with the three-times-a-week requirement.

The conversation is intended to make clear that…