Infosys faces fresh race discrimination suit in US

MUMBAI: InfosysNSE -1.69 % is facing a race discrimination lawsuit in its American arm, filed by a former diversity head of the company on Thursday in a US district court.

Davina Linguist, an US national of African American race has alleged that Infosys had retaliated against her for testifying in 2016 against the company in an earlier class action suit. Linguist, who alleges that she was removed from her role, quit Infosys in 2017.

Linguist had testified in a case filed by Brenda Koehler, an American job applicant who had accused the company of discrimination against local job applicants by favouring workers from South Asia to fill positions in the US.