June 21, 2023
California federal jurors considering claims Cognizant discriminated against non-South Asian or non-Indian workers heard testimony Wednesday from a Cognizant executive previously with its legal affairs department, who defended the information technology company's staffing and termination practices while conceding that statistics showing non-Indian employees being terminated at a faster rate "gives me pause."
June 20, 2023
A California federal jury considering claims Cognizant discriminated against workers who weren't of Indian or South Asian descent heard testimony on Tuesday from a Cognizant staffing executive, who denied bias but conceded that U.S. workers were terminated at a rate 10 times higher than H-1B visa holders the year the suit was filed.
June 16, 2023
A former Cognizant IT worker among a class of workers alleging they were terminated because they weren't Indian or South Asian faced withering cross-examination from the company's counsel Friday, including questions about his derogatory comments about Indians and allegations he didn't return confidential information after he was fired.
June 15, 2023
A white former Cognizant IT worker among the class alleging they were terminated because they weren't South Asian or Indian told a California federal jury Thursday that despite his excellent qualifications, performance and client feedback, co-workers would unfairly remove him from projects and replace him with a worker of Indian descent.
June 14, 2023
An economist testifying in a California federal trial for a class of former Cognizant Technology employees alleging they were terminated because they weren't of South Asian or Indian descent said Wednesday that the class members were 8.4 times more likely to suffer a so-called "bench" termination after they'd completed a project.
October 28, 2022
A group of former Cognizant Technology employees who said they were pushed out of their jobs because they weren't South Asian or Indian can pursue their claims as a class, after a California federal judge said the claims stem from the company's purported visa policy.
September 09, 2022
A California federal judge expressed skepticism Friday about certifying separate classes of Cognizant Technology employees and job applicants who say it discriminated in favor of Indian nationals and other South Asians, but appeared open to certifying a subclass of workers who claim they were pushed out of their jobs due to discrimination.
July 20, 2022
A New Jersey federal judge refused Tuesday to dismiss a lawsuit alleging two former Cognizant Technology Solutions executives breached their employment contracts by obtaining confidential data after leaving the company, rejecting arguments that the Garden State case can't proceed due to a putative employment class action they filed first in California.