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The Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES) a union representing IT and ITeS professionals has urged the Ministry of Labour and Employment to act against Tata Consultancy Services’ (TCS) 35-day bench practice. NITES has also advocated for the establishment of a tripartite panel to regulate and monitor fair labour practices across the IT sector. TCS just instituted a new policy limiting the bench period -- the period when employees are not assigned to active projects (and usually devote time to internal work or training) -- in the company to 35 working days in a year. In a letter Harpreet Singh Saluja president of Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES) While on the surface it presents itself as a resource optimisation and engagement strategy a closer and humane reading reveals that it institutionalises a culture of fear pressure and psychological burden on employees who are between projects.” “These are not non-performing employees but skilled professionals who find themselves temporarily without allocation often due to shifting business priorities client project changes or internal inefficiencies that are beyond their control. Instead of support they are met with suspicion coercion and threats Harpreet Singh Saluja president of NITES was quoted as saying by BusinessStandard.