EY worker's death spotlights India's unprotected white-collar labour
NEW DELHI - Authorities in two Indian states that are driving its economic growth are drafting tighter workplace rules and inspections to protect white collar employees following the death of a young executive at global consultancy Ernst & Young , which her family blamed on overwork.
Maharashtra's capital is India's financial hub Mumbai and Karnataka is home to Bengaluru, India's 'Silicon Valley' where there are hundreds of strategic centres of global firms. "In India and other South Asian countries, many forms of protection in terms of labour rights are given to blue-collar workers only, and others are not often recognised as workers," Elena Gerasimova, labour law and labour standards specialist at the International Labour Organization , told Reuters.
Perayil's mother said in a letter to the EY India chairman that her daughter faced a"backbreaking" workload, odd and long working hours and lack of managerial support at EY, which affected her health and led to her sudden death due to a stroke four months into the job. Amit, who declined to give his surname, said he had worked at EY as a tax consultant and that he had complained to labour authorities in Mumbai against what he said was his unfair dismissal last year. He said he was told during a hearing in November that he was not counted as labour under Indian laws.
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