Work from home workers will not get variable pay in TCS!

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), one of the big software companies, has made work from office important by updating the policy related to variable pay. This policy has been implemented after the announcement of the company’s quarterly results. In this, four attendance slabs have been created to decide the variable pay of workers.

A media report states that under the new policy, those who attend office less than 60 percent in a quarter will not get any variable pay for that quarter. In TCS offices, workers with 60-75 percent attendance will get 50 percent of the variable pay, and those with 75-85 percent attendance will get 75 percent. Only those workers with more than 85 percent attendance in the office will be given full variable pay for that quarter. This policy warns that disciplinary action will be taken against workers who continuously violate the rule of 85 percent work from office.

 In an email sent to workers after the announcement of the fourth quarter results of the last financial year, TCS CEO K Krithivasan had said it was important to return to the office. Recently, TCS was accused by some workers in America of discrimination in employment. These workers said that the company terminated them by giving a short notice and after this, workers who came from India on H-1B visa were placed on many vacant positions. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, more than 20 workers have filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). This American law enforcement agency declares discrimination in the workplace illegal.

It has been told in this report that these American workers of the company claim that laws have been violated by targeting them on the basis of characteristics like age and caste. They say that due to the action taken by the company, Indian workers who came to America on H-1B visa were given priority. In this regard, a company spokesperson had said, “TCS’s allegations of illegal discrimination are false and misleading. The company has a strong track record as an equal opportunity employer in America.”