Five former employees file class action suit against Wipro over discrimination

BENGALURU: Five US-based former employees of IT services provider WiproNSE -1.15 % have filed a class action suit against the Bengaluru-headquartered company alleging “discriminatory employment practices” based on race and nationality.

The suit was filed last month in the district court of New Jersey.

These employees have sought “injunctive, declaratory, equitable, and monetary relief for Wipro’s systematic pattern and practice of discriminatory employment practices based upon individuals’ race and national origin.

According to the suit, the five former employees of Wipro, Gregory MacLean, Rick Valles, Ardeshir Pezeshki, James Gibbs and Ronald Hemenway, have alleged “discrimination” against who are not of South Asian and Indian origin.