Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has assured members of a united front of IT employees associations that it will look into their problems, including layoffs. State IT Minister Priyank Kharge has informed All India IT Employees Association that he will meet them 'soon' to discuss the issues. "We are here to listen to them and will do all possible to help them," he told a news agency on the matter. The minister had earlier asked affected IT employees to lodge a complaint with the labour department. In an interview with the agency recently, he had also said that the government will look into the matter and provide legal assistance if the affected or laid off employees approach it like their counterparts in Tamil Nadu.
AIITEA President Syed Muqueemuddin had shot off an email to Kharge on Tuesday seeking an urgent meeting to urge the government to take corrective actions and brief him on the current situation, including layoffs. "We seek your earliest availability for a meeting to brief you on the current situation so that the government can take appropriate corrective actions as may be required," Muqueemuddin said. Muqueemuddin has been in touch with various associations to organise a united front to hold talks with the government to resolve problems. After petitioning Telangana, Maharashtra and TN governments, FITE is in the process of approaching the labour commissioner in Bengaluru to submit a petition to stop alleged "illegal terminations."
