TCS Links Variable Pay Of Its Workers to Work from Office

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), one of large software companies, has updated the policy related to variable pay and made the work important from the office. This policy has been implemented after the company announced the quarterly result. In this, four attendance slabs have been created to decide the variable pay of the workers.

A media Report It has been told that under the new policy, those coming less than 60 percent in a quarter will not get any variable for that quarter. Workers with 60-75 percent attendance in TCS office will get 50 percent of variable pay, and 75-85 percent attendance with 75 percent. Workers with more than 85 percent attendance in the office will be given the entire variable for that quarter. This policy warns that disciplinary action will be taken against the workers who continuously violated the rules of 85 percent of the work from the office.

In an email sent to the workers after the announcement of the result of the fourth quarter of the last financial year, Krithivasan, CEO of TCS, described the return of office. Recently, TCS was accused of discrimination in employees by some workers in the US. These workers said that the company terminated them by giving them a short-term notice and after that the workers who came on H-1B visa from India on several positions vacant. According to a report by Wall Street Journal, more than 20 workers have lodged a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). This US law enforcement agency declares discrimination on workplace as illegal.

This report states that these American workers of the company claim that they have been violated by targeting them on the basis of qualities like age and caste. They say that the action taken by the company was given priority to the workers of India who came on H-1B visa in the US. In this regard, the company spokesperson said, “Allegations of illegal discrimination of TCS are wrong and misleading. The company has a strong track record as an employee giving equal opportunity in the US.”