<p>Wipro Ltd has sacked an Indian male and a female employee working at its development centre in Britain over a lawsuit filed by the latter, the global software major said on Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Though we do not comment on ongoing lawsuits, both employees -- Manoj Punja, 54, and Shreya Ukil, 39 -- were relieved from service after an impartial inquiry established that they had violated our stated policy," Wipro said in a statement here.<br /><br />The IT bellwether's statement came in response to a media report in London that Ukil had accused the company of gender discrimination, unequal pay and harassment and sought compensation up to one million pounds (nearly Rs.10 crore).<br /><br />According to the media report, Ukil filed the lawsuit with the central London employment tribunal, claiming that she was forced into an affair by Punja, a married man who was her superior as head of Wipro's back office operations in Britain.<br /><br />"I was also paid far less (75,000 pounds a year) compared with 150,000 pounds per annum paid to male colleagues," Ukil, who was sales and market development manager, charged.<br /><br />Ukil alleged that the company's culture required women to be subservient and as a result, many other women employees had left owing to similar experiences.<br /><br />The company, however, said its policy on conflict of interest required employees to disclose to it any personal relationship that could create conflict.<br /><br />"Failure to disclose such relationships would result in disciplinary action, including and up to separation," the company asserted in the statement.<br /><br />Claiming that the company had serious objection to scurrilous allegations, the statement said it would take legal action against insidious and defamatory charges. <br /></p>
<p>Wipro Ltd has sacked an Indian male and a female employee working at its development centre in Britain over a lawsuit filed by the latter, the global software major said on Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Though we do not comment on ongoing lawsuits, both employees -- Manoj Punja, 54, and Shreya Ukil, 39 -- were relieved from service after an impartial inquiry established that they had violated our stated policy," Wipro said in a statement here.<br /><br />The IT bellwether's statement came in response to a media report in London that Ukil had accused the company of gender discrimination, unequal pay and harassment and sought compensation up to one million pounds (nearly Rs.10 crore).<br /><br />According to the media report, Ukil filed the lawsuit with the central London employment tribunal, claiming that she was forced into an affair by Punja, a married man who was her superior as head of Wipro's back office operations in Britain.<br /><br />"I was also paid far less (75,000 pounds a year) compared with 150,000 pounds per annum paid to male colleagues," Ukil, who was sales and market development manager, charged.<br /><br />Ukil alleged that the company's culture required women to be subservient and as a result, many other women employees had left owing to similar experiences.<br /><br />The company, however, said its policy on conflict of interest required employees to disclose to it any personal relationship that could create conflict.<br /><br />"Failure to disclose such relationships would result in disciplinary action, including and up to separation," the company asserted in the statement.<br /><br />Claiming that the company had serious objection to scurrilous allegations, the statement said it would take legal action against insidious and defamatory charges. <br /></p>