September 27, 2024
A California federal judge proposed an "outside the box" idea Friday after a juror in a trial considering allegations that Cognizant Technologies is biased in favor of Indian workers came down with COVID-19, allowing the juror to view the proceedings from home via video.
September 26, 2024
A Howard University professor testifying as an expert for a class of former Congizant Technologies employees alleging the company has a bias in favor of Indian workers told a California federal jury Thursday the fact that 99% of Cognizant's H-1B visa workers are from India is "unusual" and demonstrates a "cultural preference."
September 25, 2024
A former employee at Cognizant Technology testified Wednesday as a witness for a class of former employees alleging the company discriminates against non-Indian workers, and said he believes the company did not just have a preference for hiring workers from India through the H-1B visa program, but that it was "a mandate."
September 24, 2024
An attorney for a class of former Cognizant Technology employees alleging the company discriminated against non-South Asian and non-Indian employees told a jury during opening statements of a retrial Tuesday that the probability Cognizant's behavior wasn't racially biased is about one in a billion.
June 26, 2023
A California federal judge declared a mistrial Monday after jurors deadlocked in a class action accusing Cognizant Technology Solutions of discriminating against non-South Asian or non-Indian employees, an outcome the foreperson attributed to a holdout who "put his head down" and "just wouldn't participate."
June 21, 2023
California federal jurors considering claims Cognizant discriminated against non-South Asian or non-Indian workers heard testimony Wednesday from a Cognizant executive previously with its legal affairs department, who defended the information technology company's staffing and termination practices while conceding that statistics showing non-Indian employees being terminated at a faster rate "gives me pause."
June 20, 2023
A California federal jury considering claims Cognizant discriminated against workers who weren't of Indian or South Asian descent heard testimony on Tuesday from a Cognizant staffing executive, who denied bias but conceded that U.S. workers were terminated at a rate 10 times higher than H-1B visa holders the year the suit was filed.
June 16, 2023
A former Cognizant IT worker among a class of workers alleging they were terminated because they weren't Indian or South Asian faced withering cross-examination from the company's counsel Friday, including questions about his derogatory comments about Indians and allegations he didn't return confidential information after he was fired.
June 15, 2023
A white former Cognizant IT worker among the class alleging they were terminated because they weren't South Asian or Indian told a California federal jury Thursday that despite his excellent qualifications, performance and client feedback, co-workers would unfairly remove him from projects and replace him with a worker of Indian descent.
June 14, 2023
An economist testifying in a California federal trial for a class of former Cognizant Technology employees alleging they were terminated because they weren't of South Asian or Indian descent said Wednesday that the class members were 8.4 times more likely to suffer a so-called "bench" termination after they'd completed a project.