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U.S. judge grants class action status to Tata wage suit
Source: Reuters
U.S. judge grants class action status to Tata wage suit
By Terry Baynes
Tue Apr 3, 2012 6:42am EDT
(Reuters) - Employees of Tata Sons Ltd who were deployed from India to work in information technology jobs in the United States won the right on Monday to proceed with a class action lawsuit against the Indian corporate giant over unpaid wages.
California federal judge Claudia Wilken granted class-action status to the suit that accuses Mumbai-based Tata and its subsidiary, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India's largest IT services exporter, of breaching employee contracts and violating California labor laws.
Tata Sons Ltd is the holding company for salt-to-software conglomerate Tata Group, India's biggest corporate house.
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Two former employees accused the company in 2006 of forcing all non-U.S.-citizen workers to sign over their U.S. federal and state tax refund checks to the company. Tata also deducted their Indian wages from their compensation, the suit alleged.
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By Terry Baynes
Tue Apr 3, 2012 6:42am EDT
(Reuters) - Employees of Tata Sons Ltd who were deployed from India to work in information technology jobs in the United States won the right on Monday to proceed with a class action lawsuit against the Indian corporate giant over unpaid wages.
California federal judge Claudia Wilken granted class-action status to the suit that accuses Mumbai-based Tata and its subsidiary, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India's largest IT services exporter, of breaching employee contracts and violating California labor laws.
Tata Sons Ltd is the holding company for salt-to-software conglomerate Tata Group, India's biggest corporate house.
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Two former employees accused the company in 2006 of forcing all non-U.S.-citizen workers to sign over their U.S. federal and state tax refund checks to the company. Tata also deducted their Indian wages from their compensation, the suit alleged.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/03/us-tata-lawsuit-idUSBRE8320A120120403
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