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Once known for offering stable jobs with impressive salaries Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is set to lay off about 2 per cent or 12261 employees of its global workforce this year with the majority of those impacted belonging to middle and senior grades. In an official statement TCS stated that the move is part of the companys broader strategy to become a future-ready organisation focusing on investments in technology AI deployment market expansion and workforce realignment. It is to be noted that TCS is Indias largest IT services firm. As of June 30 2025 TCSs workforce stood at 613069. It increased its workforce by 5000 employees in the recently concluded April-June quarter. Earlier the Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES) approached Union Minister for Labour and Employment Mansukh Mandaviya and urged that the government issue a notice to TCS seeking an explanation. The IT employees union has termed TCSs latest move as unethical inhumane and outright illegal. Calling the move a blatant and wilful violation of the law NITES alleged The law clearly states that no employee who has served for over a year can be retrenched unless the company provides one months notice or wages in lieu pays statutory retrenchment compensation and notifies the government. TCS has not complied with any of these legal requirements reported news agency PTI. According to MoneyControl report it is also noted that Karnataka State IT/ITeS Employees Union (KITU) filed a complaint on July 30. The representatives of the employee union met Additional Labour Commissioner G. Manjunath and filed an industrial dispute against TCS relative to its planned mass layoffs in the financial year 2026. The report further mentioned that the union is demanding legal action against TCS management for allegedly violating the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act 1947 along with breaching conditions set by the Government of Karnataka related to the mandatory reporting of employee service details. In a statement the Union stated According to the Industrial Disputes Act companies employing more than 100 workers are required to obtain prior approval from the government before carrying out any layoffs or retrenchments. Such retrenchments are permitted only for specific reasons and under conditions clearly defined in the Act. This well-established and consistently upheld labour jurisprudence has been violated by the TCS management which has resorted to the criminal practice of forcing employees to resign.