IT employees’ body NITES has exhorted tech firms to prioritise reskilling over layoffs, while calling for policy intervention to bring stronger safeguards and mandatory severance norms to protect white-collar workers, as aggressive AI build-outs by industry trigger job cuts and uncertainty for workforce.
Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES) has argued that although tech profits remain strong, weakening job security raises serious questions about corporate responsibility and accountability.
“First, companies must take responsibility. If they are investing in AI, they should also invest in reskilling their existing workforce,” NITES president Harpreet Singh Saluja told PTI.
Job cuts should be the last option, not the first, he said, urging policymakers to intervene immediately, to shield workers by enforcing clear workplace guidelines on layoffs, mandatory notice periods, fair severance, and employer accountability.
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