Pink slip woes: Maharashtra labour dept calls IT union, Cognizant for talks

Notice to IT firm after Forum of IT Employees (FITE) files petition

Maharashtra labour department officials have called information technology (IT) services major Cognizant and members of Forum of IT Employees (FITE), a union that represents IT workers, for talks on June 1, after complaints were made by former employees that they were forced by the company to resign from its Pune centre. 

The state has joined Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Telangana in taking notice of complaints by engineers who claim to have been forced to resign. Business Standard has obtained a copy of the letter issued by N A Walke, assistant commissioner of labour, Pune, asking the manager (or equivalent representative)