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by CAROLINE MAY16 Apr 2015

An American worker is suing his former employer for allegedly discriminating against “individuals who are not South Asian, including discrimination in hiring, placement, and termination decisions.”

In a lawsuit filed against Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. filed this week in San Francisco, plaintiff Steven Heldt charges the Indian company, which employs 14,000 people in the U.S., exhibited a pattern of discrimination against non-South Asians.

According to the complaint: “Heldt’s experience with Tata is representative of Tata’s discrimination against non-South Asians.” It details how Heldt was passed over for new positions, denied substantive tasks, “[e]xperienced substantial anti-American sentiment,” and was ultimately terminated after 20 months.

The suit contends that Tata’s workforce is “grossly disproportionate” due to the company’s “pattern and practice of employment discrimination.”

“While roughly 1-2% of the United States population is of South Asian descent, approximately 95% of Tata’s United States-based workforce is of South Asian descent (primarily from India),” the suit charges.

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NEW YORK — When one of Ileaa Swift’s employees posted homophobic comments on Facebook, the reaction was quick.

“It posted around 1 in the morning. The next morning, when I got up, I had all these calls and emails and hate mail,” said Swift, owner of Swift Travel Deals in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Whether it’s comments about news events, long-held beliefs or a bad joke, an employee’s offensive posts on Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites can damage a company’s image and profits. If the comments are racist, homophobic, sexist or against a religious group, tolerating discriminatory comments puts an employer at risk for lawsuits and losing customers.

Small businesses are typically unprepared when they are thrust into the spotlight in such a negative way. While many large companies have social media policies, small companies often don’t.

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