Over the past year, Cisco publicly looked like one of the few tech companies that had avoided internal backlash over its response to the war in Gaza. And as recently as two months ago, Francine Katsoudas, Cisco’s chief people, policy, and purpose officer, smiled as she posed for photos with many of the company’s employee organizations, including the one for …
The California Civil Rights Department has voluntarily dismissed its case alleging caste discrimination against two Cisco engineers, while still keeping alive its litigation against the Silicon Valley tech giant. The Civil Rights Department sent a statement to The Associated Press on Monday saying the case against Cisco “remains ongoing.” “We will continue to vigorously litigate the matter on behalf of …
Dalit rights groups call for legal protections as high-profile cases at a Hindu temple in New Jersey and a major tech firm in California spur a reckoning. “If steps aren’t taken now, we run the risk of this system spreading and calcifying in the United States.” Several technology companies have faced allegations of caste-based discrimination in the workplace in recent …
Advocates for the Dalit population, the lowest caste in the hierarchical South Asian social system, say the mistreatment is more prevalent in workplaces with large populations of South Asian employees, such as in the technology sector. Civil rights advocates are calling on a U.S. agency to recognize that caste discrimination is illegal under existing federal law, an issue growing more …