No law violated in terminating Infosys trainees: Labour dept’s inquiry

The Karnataka labour department has ruled out any labour law violations in the termination of trainees on the Mysuru campus of Infosys February 7, a senior department official said on Friday. The issue gained attention after Infosys terminated over 300 trainees on February 7 for failing internal assessments after three attempts. Following an inquiry into allegations raised by affected trainees and the Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate, the department determined that Infosys had acted within legal parameters. “This is part of the evaluation policy document and also communicated proactively at the time of induction of our trainees,” the company said, adding that its training programme had been globally recognised as one of the best in the industry.