US probes discrimination claims against India’s TCS, workers allege bias towards Indian staff holding H-1B visas

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is investigating dozens of allegations that India’s largest IT services provider, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (TCS), discriminated against American workers based on their race, age, and national origin, Bloomberg News reported.

The complaints, which began surfacing in late 2023, have been filed primarily by former TCS employees in the United States who are over 40 and not of South Asian descent. The workers allege that they were disproportionately targeted during layoffs, while Indian colleagues—many on H-1B visas—were retained. Bloomberg reviewed more than two dozen of these complaints, which remain confidential under federal law.