Cognizant's planned layoffs: IT employees' union wants a tripartite meeting

A Nasdaq-listed IT services firm, Cognizant had said last week that it was planning to cut around 13,000 jobs

The All India Forum for IT Employees (FITE), a union representing staff of information technology (IT) companies, has urged the labour commissioner to bring IT major Cognizant to the discussion table over the company’s plan to reduce headcount. Cognizant had said last week that it was planning to cut around 13,000 jobs.

A Nasdaq-listed IT services firm, Cognizant had said that it was planning to remove around 7,000 mid- to senior-level jobs and shut down its content moderation business, which accounts for another 6,000 jobs, as part of its ‘2020 Fit for Growth Plan’.

Following the announcement, FITE approached the labour commissioner