tting measures, debunking union's claim that 500 employees had lost jobs.
The IT-ITeS union UNITES India said the number of employees laid off by the company could be around 500. It added that Siemens is laying off its employees in Bangalore violating the Industrial Dispute Act.
When contacted SISL spokesperson said, "As a part of our cost-cutting initiatives, we have released only 128 employees from one of the business units."
UNITES Professionals India General Secretary Karthik Shekhar said, "The figures provided by the company does not include the number of employees who were on contract. In the last one month, the company has laid off more than 128 employees."
SISL has over 5,500 employees in the country. The union has also written to the headquarters of the firm in Germany. About compensating the employees, the company said it has already compensated the affected employees higher than the contractual terms.
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