TCS’ new deployment policy: Minimum billing days set, bench period slashed to 35 days — how will it impact employees?

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s largest IT company, has launched a new associate deployment policy. The policy comes with an updated mandate that employees work for a minimum of 225 business days in the last one-year period with a reduced bench period, reported the Times of India on Tuesday, 17 June 2025.

“At any given point in time, associates must be allocated for a minimum period of 225 business days in the last 12 months,” the report said, citing official policy documents from TCS.