Cognizant faces legal setback: US court finds company discriminated towards non-Indian workers

A US jury has found Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp guilty of discriminatory conduct toward non-Indian workers and has ordered the IT services provider to pay compensation to affected employees.

The judgement follows a 2017 job-bias class-action lawsuit that alleged the company favoured South Asians in employment decisions. This decision came after the IT company failed to convince a Los Angeles federal judge in September to dismiss the lawsuit, which stemmed from a previous trial that ended with a deadlocked jury.