U.S. Workers Go Forward With Bias Claims Against Tata

Three native-born U.S. workers, including a former Southern California Edison employee, can go forward with their proposed class claims that India-based information technology firm Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. is using the visa process to discriminate against workers who aren’t of South Asian descent, a federal judge in California ruled Sept. 18 (Heldt v. Tata Consultancy Servs., Ltd., 2015 BL 305334, N.D. Cal., 4:15-cv-01696, 9/18/15).

Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California rejected Tata’s claim that the company’s use of the H-1B highly skilled guestworker program—which requires a showing that ...