No employee was sacked, all resignations were voluntary: Amazon India

Amazon India has reportedly told the labour ministry that it has not sacked any employee and has only let go of those who accepted the severance package and opted for separation on their own, a report in the Economic Times (ET) said.

This came in response to a petition filed by the Pune-based employee union, Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES) with labour minister Bhupender Yadav. It claimed that Amazon forcibly terminated a large number of employees in India. Amazon’s representative submitted their statement before the deputy labour commissioner of the Union labour ministry in Bengaluru. No representative of Amazon India was present at the hearing, ET added.