Employees of IT firms wake up to their rights

The Hindu

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BANGALORE: Pink slips and delayed appraisal cycles in an ailing IT industry grappling with the slowdown may have been in the news lately. However, its large unorganised workforce has been mute on issues that affect them — be it extra workload or loss of specialisation and skill.

Unites, a body representing workers from the IT and IT-enabled Services sector, has submitted a memorandum to the Labour Minister of Karnataka.

From lack of sexual harassment grievance cells to socially exclusive policies; this organisation, with a membership of more than 15,000 techies, voices their concerns and lists a set of reforms in the sector. Interestingly, the memorandum also pushes for declaration of national holiday on August 15.