The multinational consulting steadfast employee, who worked arsenic a chartered accountant, had passed distant connected July 20 this year. (File Photo)
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of the decease of Anna Sebastian Perayil, a chartered accountant from Kerala who died 4 months into her occupation astatine Ernst and Young successful Pune. Her mother, successful a missive to the EY India chairman, alleged that the 26-year-old had died owed to “work unit and agelong enactment hours”.
The Commission, successful a property statement, said it had issued a announcement to the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment asking for a elaborate report.
“Reportedly, the parent has written a missive to the leader claiming that agelong hours of enactment had taken a dense toll connected her daughter’s physical, affectional and intelligence health, a complaint denied by the company. The Union Ministry of Labour and Employment is getting the substance investigated,” the merchandise read.
The merchandise went connected to adhd that media reports astir excess workload and an unhealthy moving situation rise superior concerns astir the challenges faced by the employees.
“It is the premier work of each leader to supply a safe, unafraid and affirmative situation to its employees. They indispensable guarantee that everyone moving with them is treated with dignity and fairness,” the merchandise read.
The Commission has besides directed the labour ministry astir steps being taken to guarantee specified incidents bash not hap successful the future. The effect is expected wrong 4 weeks.
Perayil died successful Pune connected July 20. A missive written by her parent to the India caput of EY, Rajiv Memani, attributed this to the excessive workload faced by her. The institution has denied the charges. The decease of the pistillate has shocked the state and erstwhile again raised concerns astir the moving practices successful assorted nationalist companies.
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