Shawn Katz, a former employee of the IT company, filed a lawsuit against the TCS in the United States alleging racial discrimination against non-South Asian and non-Indian applicants and employees.
In December 2022, a former TCS employee filed a lawsuit accusing the company of having a systematic pattern of discriminating against non-South Asian and non-Indian applicants and employees
Katz, who worked with TCS for over 9 years, has claimed that he was fired for not finding right opportunities within the organisation due to a lack of assistance from the hiring teams that allocate employees to various projects.
Shawn Katz is a communications officer for Above Ground, as well as a writer, educator and activist on issues pertaining to citizen empowerment, democracy and climate change. He is based in Montreal.