Cognizant engaged in discrimination against non-Indian workers: US jury

BENGALURU: A US court has found IT services company Cognizant Technology Solutions guilty of discriminatory conduct towards non-Indian workers and that the company should pay punitive damages to compensate employees who suffered harm.

The case is Palmer v. Cognizant Tech Solutions and it claims the IT giant misused the H-1B visa programme. As per reports, the firm had the highest number of H-1B visas of any US employer from 2013 to 2019.