According to TOI, An Indian multinational information technology service company, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is seeking medical certificates from employees for exemption from work from office.
Earlier, in reference to an internal mail shared with employees, TCS asked its employees to work in the office for at least three days a week.
In a recent development, when the company was asked about exemption on medical grounds, a TCS spokesperson said in an email, “We have been encouraging our associates to return to offices for some days in a week.”
“A significant number of our employees are already doing so. We have always placed associate well-being as a paramount factor and have robust processes to support our associates as required”, the company spokesperson added.
However, TCS is referring employees to doctors for validation. In these emails, employees have been asked to furnish medical records like diagnosis, treatment, and the medical certificate for the team of medical professionals empanelled by TCS to certify and suggest if work from home can be permitted on a case-to-case basis.
Recently, Tata Consultancy Services announced that it will payout 100% variable pay for 70% of its employees. The company earlier denied any change in its increment policy. It has also been said that there is no salary reduction for any employee.
Tata Consultancy Services made a net addition of 9,840 people this quarter and onboarded close to 20,000 freshers in Q2, an increase of 33% over the previous quarter. The company had said it plans to onboard 45,000-47,000 freshers in the current fiscal year out of which it has already hired 35,000 so far.
TCS has a total workforce of 6,16,171 employees globally. The software giant reported Employee Attrition of 21.5% for the second quarter ending on September 30, 2022, which is higher than the previous quarter of 19.7%.
