In another case, a 27-year-old female employee of a Bangalore BPO firm, K-2 Network Pvt. Ltd, for California-based computer game services company K2 Network Inc., complained to her human resources manager about sexual harassment by the director of India operations.
The next day when she came to work, she says she was stopped at the entrance by the security guard. The company sent her a termination letter. It’s been almost eight months, but with no relieving letter in hand, she has been unable to find a job. “My husband wanted me to take it to court,” said the woman on condition of anonymity. She has served a legal notice to K-2 Network challenging the termination.
Mint has reviewed the legal notice, but was not able to independently verify the veracity of the employee’s claim.
K-2 Network director, India, Shinoj Nambiar denied the charges. Speaking to Mint over the phone, he said: “She was terminated due to her performance, and we have documents to prove that. The allegation is a made-up story. Our legal consultants are dealing with this case.”
K-2 Network has faced a similar allegation before. A 29-year-old woman says she, too, had faced sexual harassment at the company; she spoke on condition of anonymity. When she complained to human resources, they asked her to resign and she did as she was told.
Asked why she didn’t go for a legal route, she said, “I come from a middle-class family and my husband told me not to work in a company where they don’t respect women.”
Having received her dues and her relieving letter, she was able to find another job after two months. She, now, holds a 10am-6pm job at an insurance firm.
Again, Mint wasn’t in a position to independently ascertain her claims.
Shinoj Said:
K2 Network is the worst employer for a woman. I personally know of numerous sexual harassment cases including the one you reported. Every time somebody raises a voice against the atrocities, they are somehow silenced. The HR happens to be the relative of the accused and owes her job to him so she will never do anything that will show him in a bad light. As an employee of K2, I am scared that something like this will happen to me.
Posted On 9/13/2008 12:11:11 PM
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