BENGALURU/PUNE: The uproar over the death of Anna Sebastian Perayil , an employee at consulting firm EY in Pune, allegedly on account of work stress , has pushed the Union labour ministry to initiate a probe into the circumstances surrounding the death.
Union labour minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday said an investigation is underway. "Based on the findings of the probe, necessary action will be taken," Mandaviya told reporters.
His deputy Shobha Karandlaje said on microblogging platform X that a thorough probe into the allegations "of an unsafe and exploitative work environment is underway."
"We are committed to ensuring justice & the labour ministry has officially taken up the complaint," she said while responding to a post by former minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar , who had reposted TOI's post on Anna's mother Anita Augustine's letter to EY chairman Rajiv Memani that alleged workplace stress.
That letter, which went viral online on Wednesday, had triggered the furore. Chandrasekhar requested Karandlaje to look into the allegations made by the mother "of unsafe and exploitative work environment that claimed the life of young, full of future Anna Sebastian Perayil."
Earlier, EY's Memani said in an interaction with The Indian Express that EY India has about one lakh employees and that everyone works hard. "Anna worked with us only for four months. She was allotted work like any other employee. We don't believe that work pressure could have claimed her life," he said.
That upset some on social media. One post noted that Memani had made no mention of launching an investigation into the matter.
IT industry union Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES) told TOI that it has submitted letters to both labour ministry and home ministry demanding an independent and thorough probe into the matter. "This shocking disregard for employee welfare and basic human dignity raises urgent questions about the toxic work culture within certain corporate environments...," NITES president Harpreet S Saluja said.
Union labour minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday said an investigation is underway. "Based on the findings of the probe, necessary action will be taken," Mandaviya told reporters.
His deputy Shobha Karandlaje said on microblogging platform X that a thorough probe into the allegations "of an unsafe and exploitative work environment is underway."
"We are committed to ensuring justice & the labour ministry has officially taken up the complaint," she said while responding to a post by former minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar , who had reposted TOI's post on Anna's mother Anita Augustine's letter to EY chairman Rajiv Memani that alleged workplace stress.
That letter, which went viral online on Wednesday, had triggered the furore. Chandrasekhar requested Karandlaje to look into the allegations made by the mother "of unsafe and exploitative work environment that claimed the life of young, full of future Anna Sebastian Perayil."
Earlier, EY's Memani said in an interaction with The Indian Express that EY India has about one lakh employees and that everyone works hard. "Anna worked with us only for four months. She was allotted work like any other employee. We don't believe that work pressure could have claimed her life," he said.
That upset some on social media. One post noted that Memani had made no mention of launching an investigation into the matter.
IT industry union Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES) told TOI that it has submitted letters to both labour ministry and home ministry demanding an independent and thorough probe into the matter. "This shocking disregard for employee welfare and basic human dignity raises urgent questions about the toxic work culture within certain corporate environments...," NITES president Harpreet S Saluja said.
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