Cognizant to pay $5.7 million in class-action suit

BENGALURU: Cognizant and its former employee Debi Mishra have reached a class-action settlement agreement where the former has agreed to pay $5.7 million to compensate for underpaid overtime hours.

Mishra and other employees who were part of the class-action worked in the quality engineering & assurance (QE&A) team. Mishra worked in the team for Cognizant’s client Blue Shield based in California until he resigned in 2015. Mishra in the lawsuit alleged that Cognizant underpaid overtime by failing to include certain amounts when calculating the regular rate of pay. TOI has a copy of the court document. An email sent to Cognizant did not elicit a response.