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Pro-Asian bias? TCS to face US jury over why it fires so many Americans

The trial will cast a spotlight on work-visa programs companies use to bring overseas workers to the US

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TCS’ digital revenues on a smaller base grew almost 9% over the earlier quarter in constant currency terms

Robert Burnson and Saritha Rai | Bloomberg

Last Updated : Nov 05 2018 | 9:27 PM IST

India’s IT outsourcing giant Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. needs to offer a good explanation for why engineers hired at its American outposts are 13 times as likely to be fired if they’re not South Asian.

The company is set to go on trial Monday in California over racial discrimination claims by American workers who lost their jobs at TCS offices in the US because they hadn’t been assigned to any of its clients.

The trial will cast a spotlight on work-visa programs companies use to bring overseas workers to the US, a practice President Donald Trump has criticized in his

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