Most desi IT companies sued for staff bias in 2018
22 Jan 2091 by Daksh Gangwar
BENGALURU: A recap of lawsuits filed in 2018 against IT services companies varied from employment discrimination to deficiency of services and class-action suits, besides a few going into arbitration. Some have settled out of court, but others are in no mood to give up yet. Wipro, for instance, effected a $75-million settlement with its decade-old customer National Grid for release of all claims under a lawsuit the latter filed in a New York district court in 2017. National Grid supplies energy to more than 20 million people through its networks in New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. The electricity, natural gas, and clean energy delivery company had filed a lawsuit against Wipro, seeking damages of $140 million and additional costs related to an enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation project.
BENGALURU: A recap of lawsuits filed in 2018 against IT services companies varied from employment discrimination to deficiency of services and class-action suits, besides a few going into arbitration. Some have settled out of court, but others are in no mood to give up yet.
Wipro, for instance, effected a $75-million settlement with its decade-old customer National Grid for release of all claims under a lawsuit the latter filed in a New York district court in 2017.
National Grid supplies energy to more than 20 million people ..
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