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Wipro's former SVP and healthcare head Mohd Haque has sought arbitration after the company moved court against him for violating non-compete covenants
They are barred from joining these companies under a non-compete clause, which is included in their Wipro contract.
The development comes at a time when tens of thousands of tech employees have been laid off across the globe amid looming recession fears. Earlier this year, the company had also terminated freshers after they failed in the internal test over poor performance.
The Indian IT tech company Infosys has fired around 600 fresher employees. Wipro reportedly also fired over 400 employees for under performance last month.
Many IT firms including Wipro and IBM have called it 'illegal' and 'unethical'. In fact, it was Wipro chairman Rishad Premji who triggered the whole debate by calling it "cheating - plain and simple".