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IT major TCS affirms 600 job offers intact, but skips labour meet
TCS skips meeting with the labour ministry, saying deferment of onboarding is 'nothing new,' and it remains committed to fulfilling its job offers to over 600 professionals
 "Information technology major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Friday termed the tax demand notices received by several of its employees a “discrepancy,” and the tax department will be reprocessing the returns.")
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This is the second major layoff in the company’s history, the previous one being in 2012, when around 2,500 employees were let go for underperformance.
Information-technology (IT) services major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has told the Union labour ministry that deferring the onboarding of selected candidates is “nothing new”, while reaffirming its commitment to honouring job offers made to over 600 experienced professionals. The company conveyed this in an email on Thursday night, even as its management skipped a scheduled in-person meeting at the office of the Chief Labour Commissioner (CLC) on Friday.
“In an email sent late last night to the labour ministry, the IT giant clarified its position regarding the matter. It said it would ‘honour’ the commitments made to these professionals. There
