IT service giant denies claims, will appeal against verdict A US jury has found that employment practices at Cognizant constitute discriminatory conduct toward non-Indian workers in a case that originated in 2013 and claimed the tech giant favored H-1B visa holders from India over local workers.

The case, which stems from incidents from 11 years ago, raises questions of IT preferences in hiring from specific countries, especially India.

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. engaged in a pattern of discriminatory conduct toward non-Indian workers and should pay punitive damages to compensate employees who suffered harm, a US jury found.

Cognizant's Indian managers are alleged to have spoken in Hindi to exclude non-Indians, not inviting them to group lunches, and even turning backs against them

A US district court has ruled that Cognizant engaged in discriminatory practices against non-Indian employees. Former workers claimed they faced bias from Indian managers, who excluded them from discussions and promotions.

BENGALURU: A US court has found IT services company Cognizant Technology Solutions guilty of discriminatory conduct towards non-Indian workers and that the company should pay punitive damages to compensate employees who suffered harm.