The Karnataka labor department claims that Infosys' layoffs are not illegal and that the trainees are not employees.

Regarding the firing of workers at its Mysuru facility, the IT behemoth Infosys has not broken any labor rules, the Karnataka labor department informed the state government in a report. A copy of the final report, which is expected to be delivered by March 4 or 5, will also be forwarded to the Union labor department.

This comes after a delegation from the labor department, led by additional labor commissioner (industrial relations) G Manjunath, visited the Infosys campuses in Mysuru and Bengaluru to assess the terminations on the directive of labor minister Santhosh Lad. This comes after a delegation from the labor department, led by additional labor commissioner (industrial relations) G Manjunath, visited the Infosys campuses in Mysuru and Bengaluru to assess the terminations on the directive of labor minister Santhosh Lad.

However, the study states that since there was never an employee-employer relationship and they were not even provided with appointment letters, they were unable to find any labor law infractions.