Disney World, HCL, Cognizant face case over outsourcing

The Disney World and two outsourcing companies, HCL and Congnizant, have been slapped with a federal lawsuit by two of its former staff alleging that they conspired to displace American workers with cheaper foreign labour brought to the US on H-1B visas, mostly from India.

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Published:27th Jan, 2016 at 1:22 AM

Washington

The two former employees, who were among 250 Disney workers laid off from their jobs at in Jan 2015 – have also dragged two IT firms HCL Inc and Cognizant Technologies into this class action lawsuit.

However, Disney denied having done any wrongdoing. “These lawsuits are a wholesale misrepresentation of the facts,” the company said. In a statement, Cognizent claimed that it fully complies with all US regulations regarding H-1B visas.

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Disney World, HCL, Cognizant face case over outsourcing

The Disney World and two outsourcing companies, HCL and Congnizant, have been slapped with a federal lawsuit by two of its former staff alleging that they conspired to displace American workers with cheaper foreign labour brought to the US on H-1B visas, mostly from India.

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