IT industry layoffs: FITE to meet Karnataka IT minister Priyank Kharge today

Bengaluru: Members of the Forum for IT Employees will meet Karnataka IT Minister Priyank Kharge on Monday to seek government intervention to stop 'arbitrary' IT layoffs and press for withdrawal of its decision to exempt IT companies from labour laws, among various other demands.

“Among other demands, we will ask the minister to bring IT companies under the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act,” Rajesh of FITE Bengaluru Chapter said. FITE members are seeking the intervention of Karnataka and central governments to address illegal and 'arbitrary' termination of IT professionals by companies, including Tech Mahindra and Infosys, he said.