Tata Beats Disparate Impact Suit Over South Asian Workers, Visas

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. again defeated proposed class claims alleging policies aimed at maximizing its investment in visas for foreign employees inadvertently discriminate against workers who aren’t South Asian or are US-born.

Those “disparate impact” allegations actually “sound” in disparate treatment because they don’t point to a facially neutral policy that has discriminatory effects, the US District Court for the District of New Jersey said Wednesday. Assertions that the company intentionally rates the performance of visa holders highly and maintains similar policies prioritizing visa holders describe intentional bias, the court said.

A similar conclusion was reached when an earlier version ...