TCS-offer-letter - Ok
TCS-offer-letter - Ok
TCS-offer-letter - Ok
Ref: TCSL/DT20184949079/Kolkata
Date: 25/02/2022
Thank you for exploring career opportunities with TATA Consultancy Services Limited (TCSL).
You have successfully completed our initial selection process and we are pleased to make you
an offer of employment.
This offer is based on your profile and performance in the selection process. You have been
selected for the position of Graduate Trainee in Grade YG. Your gross salary including all
benefits will be `1,93,158/- per annum, as per the terms and conditions set out herein.
Kindly confirm your acceptance of this offer online through the option 'Accept Offer letter'. If not
accepted within 48 hours, this offer is liable to lapse at the discretion of TCS this offer will be
automatically withdrawn.
After you accept this offer you will be issued a joining letter indicating the details of your joining
date and initial place of posting. You will also be issued a letter of appointment at the time of
your joining after completing joining formalities as per company policy.Your offer is
subject to a positive background check.
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COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
BASIC SALARY
You will be eligible for a basic salary of `12,100/- per month.
The components under Bouquet of Benefits are listed below. The amounts given here for each of
the components below are as per pre-defined structure. However you may want to re-distribute
the BoB amount between the components as per your tax plan, once you join TCSL. To design
your Bouquet of Benefits, you may access the link to BoB in the "Employee Self Service" link on
"Ultimatix", the internal portal of TCSL. Taxation will be governed by the Income Tax rules. TCSL
will be deducting tax at source as per income tax guidelines.
3. Personal Allowance
You will be eligible for a monthly personal allowance of of `1,400/- per month. This
component is subject to review and may change as per TCSL's compensation policy.
4. Food Card
You will be eligible for a Food Card. It can be used to purchase food items at all domestic
VISA enabled restaurants and fast food restaurants including TCS cafeterias.As per the
Pre-Defined structure you will be eligible for a Food Card with an amount of `500/-
being credited to this card per month. However you may want to re-distribute the BoB
amount between the components as per your tax plan, once you join TCSL.
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PERFORMANCE PAY
This Pay shall be treated as productivity bonus in lieu of statutory profit bonus.
OTHER BENEFITS
1. Basic Cover
i. Entitlement - Includes domiciliary expenses up to `6,000/- per insured person per
annum and basic hospitalization expenses up to `2,00,000/- per insured person per
annum.
ii. Premium - Basic premium for self, spouse and three children is entirely borne by TCSL,
provided these members are explicitly enrolled by you under the scheme. Additionally, if
you wish to cover dependent parents/parents-in-law or remaining children, the applicable
premium per insured person is to be borne by you.
2. Higher Hospitalisation
Coverage under Higher Hospitalisation is mandatory. Under this scheme, you and your
enrolled dependents will be automatically covered under Higher Hospitalisation benefits.
i. Entitlement - You and your enrolled dependants will be entitled for `12, 00,000/- as a
family floater coverage towards hospitalisation expenses, over and above the individual
basic coverage.
ii. Premium - For Higher Hospitalisation, a part of the premium will be recovered from your
salary and the differential premium will be borne by TCSL.
Maternity Leave
Women employees are eligible to avail maternity leave of twenty six weeks. Adopting or
commissioning mother,may avail maternity leave for twelve weeks. For more details on the
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benefits and eligibility, once you join, please refer TCS India Policy - Maternity Leave.
Loans
You will be eligible for loans, as per TCSL's loan policy.
Professional Memberships
You will be eligible for reimbursement of expense-s towards professional membership as per
TCSL's policy.
RETIRALS
Provident Fund
You will be a member of the Provident Fund as per the provisions of "The Employees Provident
Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952", and TCSL will contribute 12% of your basic
salary every month as per the provisions of the said Act.
Gratuity
You will be entitled to gratuity as per the provisions of the Gratuity Act, 1972.
As communicated to you through various forums during the recruitment process, your
appointment is subject to completion of your course within the stipulated time as specified
by your University/Institute and as per TCSL selection guidelines.
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It is mandatory to declare the gaps/arrears/backlogs, if any, during your academics and
work experience. The management reserves the right to withdraw/revoke the
offer/appointment at any time at its sole discretion in case any discrepancy or false
information is found in the details submitted by you.
2. Disclaimer
Candidates who have applied to TCSL and who have not been successful in clearing the
TCSL selection process are not eligible to re-apply to TCSL within six months from the
date on which the candidate had attended such selection Test and/or Interview. In case
you are found to have re-applied to TCSL within six months of previous unsuccessful
attempt, the management reserves the right to revoke/withdraw the offer/appointment,
without prejudice to its other rights.
3. Training Period
Continuous Learning is a way of life in TCSL and forms a critical part of your employment
with TCSL. On joining TCSL, you will be given the opportunity to undergo our Initial
Learning program (ILP). This formal learning will add value to you as a professional and
help you to excel in your career.
Formal assessments will be carried out during your learning period. The weighted
average of these evaluations will be a major component of your first appraisal.
If your performance is found unsatisfactory during the training period, the company may
afford you opportunities to assist you and enable you to improve your performance. If
your performance is still found unsatisfactory, TCSL may terminate your traineeship
forthwith.
You may please note that in the event of your performance during the ILP falling short of
the required standard, TCSL reserves the right to either extend your ILP or terminate your
services. You will be confirmed at the end of twelve months from the date of joining
TCSL. This confirmation will be communicated to you in writing.
However, TCSL may even otherwise at its sole discretion terminate the traineeship any
time if your performance is not found satisfactory. The terms and conditions of the training
will be governed by TCSL's training policy. TCSL reserves the right to modify or amend
the training policy.
If you remain unauthorizedly absent for a consecutive period of 10 days during the
training programme, you shall be deemed to have abandoned your traineeship and your
name will automatically stand discontinued from the list of ILP trainees without any further
intimation/separate communication to you.
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4. Working Hours
Your working hours are governed by applicable law. You may be required to work in shifts
and/or over time depending upon the business exigencies as permitted by law.
5. Mobility
TCSL reserves the right to transfer you at any of its offices, work sites, or associated or
affiliated companies in India or outside India, on the terms and conditions as applicable to
you at the time of transfer.
9. Confidentiality Agreement
As part of your acceptance of this appointment as an employee with TCS you are
required to maintain strict confidentiality of the intellectual property rights protected
information and other business information of TCS and its clients which may be revealed
to you by TCS or which may in the course of your engagement with TCS come your
possession or knowledge unless specifically authorized to do so in writing by TCS. This
Confidentiality Clause shall survive the termination or earlier determination of this
Appointment. The detailed Confidentiality related terms and conditions are set out in
Annexure 3.
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11. Overseas International Assignment Agreement
If you are on international assignment, you will be covered by the TCS India
Policy-International Assignments (from India to other Countries) from the date of
placement for an international assignment. Accordingly, you will be required to sign the
Overseas International Assignment Agreement/s and any other applicable related
documents pertaining to the international assignment for which you are being placed In
case of every international assignment that exceeds 30 days, you will be required to
serve TCSL as per the Notice Period mentioned below.
This is to ensure that the knowledge and information gained by you during your
assignment is shared and available to TCSL and its associates. This transfer of
knowledge and information is essential for TCSL to continue to serve its clients and
customers better. If you are deputed internationally for training, you will be required to
sign an agreement to serve TCSL for a minimum period of 6 months on completion of
training.
You will be liable to pay TCSL `50,000/- in case you fail to serve TCSL for a minimum
period of 1 year after joining in accordance with the Service Agreement clause.
If you are covered under International Assignment Agreement, either you or TCSL can
terminate the traineeship/appointment by giving 90 calendar days written notice as set out
in the Separation Policy of TCSL. TCSL reserves the right if it is in the interest of the
business and current assignment, to ask you to complete your notice period.
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15. Retirement
You will retire from the services of TCSL on reaching your 60th birthday as per the proof
of age submitted by you at the time of joining.
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Please note that failure to produce the prescribed set of documents before completion of
your Initial Learning Program would entitle TCSL to withdraw this offer letter.
20. Initial Training Programme
On joining TCSL, you will be given the benefit of formal and on the job training (Initial
Learning Programme) at our offices, as identified, for such period as TCSL may decide.
The said training forms a critical part of your employment with TCSL and is an ongoing
process. TCSL continues to make investment on training and continuing education of its
professionals. This will be of immense value to you as a professional and a large part of
the ownership and commitment has to come from you.
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Withdrawal of Offer
If you fail to accept the offer from TCSL within 48 hours, it will be construed that you are not
interested in this employment and this offer will be automatically withdrawn.
Post acceptance of TCSL Offer letter if you fail to join on the date provided in the TCSL Joining
letter, the offer will stand automatically terminated at the discretion of TCSL.
Yours Sincerely,
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GROSS SALARY SHEET Annexure 1
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Annexure 2
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Annexure 3
1. Confidential Information
"Confidential Information" shall mean all Inventions and Know-how, information and
material of TCS (including for avoidance of doubt any Confidential Information of its
Clients) that comes into the possession or know of the Retainer/Consultant and shall
include the following:
(a) Any and all information processing programs, software, properties, items, information,
data, material or any nature whatsoever or any parts thereof, additions thereto and
materials related thereto, produced or created at any time by TCS or the
Retainer/Consultant in the course of or in connection with or arising out of the
Retainer/Consultant's association with TCS. Program/Software shall mean source code
and/or machine instructions wherever resident and on whatever media and all related
documentation and software,
(b) All other information and material of TCS relating to design, method of construction,
manufacture, operation, specifications, use and services of the TCS equipment and
components, including, but not limited to, engineering and laboratory notebooks, reports,
process data, test data, performance data, inventions, trade secrets, systems, software,
object codes, source codes, copyrighted matters, methods, drawings, computations,
calculations, computer programs, narrations, flow charts and all documentation therefore
and all copies thereof (including for avoidance of doubt any such material belonging to the
Clients of TCS).
(c) Corporate strategies and other confidential and proprietary material and information,
which could cause competitive harm to TCS if disclosed,
(e) All other information and material, which may be created, developed, conceived,
gathered or collected or obtained by the Retainer/Consultant in the course of or arising
out of the association with TCS or while in or in connection with or for the purposes of
his/her association with TCS or any of the operations and entrusted by TCS to the
Retainer/Consultant.
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2. Retainer/Consultant's Obligations
Retainer/Consultant agrees to treat the Confidential Information as strictly confidential
and a trade secret of TCS. The Retainer/Consultant agrees not to use, or cause to be
used, or disclose or divulge or part with either directly or indirectly the Confidential
Information for the benefit of or to any third parties except for or on behalf of or as
directed or authorized by TCS or to a person having a valid contract with or need under
TCS, any Confidential Information. Upon termination of Retainer/Consultant-ship, the
Retainer/Consultant agrees to surrender to TCS all Confidential Information that he or she
may then possess or have under his or her control.
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4. Prior knowledge
The Retainer/Consultant acknowledges that prior to his or her appointment by TCS, he or
she had no knowledge of the Confidential Information of TCS and that such Confidential
Information is of a confidential and secret character and is vital to the continued success
of TCS's business. The Retainer/Consultant further acknowledges that he or she is
associated with TCS in a capacity in which he or she will become acquainted with all or
part of such Confidential Information. In order to safeguard the legitimate interests of TCS
in such Confidential Information, it is necessary for TCS to protect such Confidential
Information by holding it secret and confidential.
8. No License
TCS and the Retainer/Consultant agree that no license under any patent or copyright now
existing or hereafter obtained by TCS is granted, agreed to be granted, or implied by the
terms of this Agreement, or by the disclosure to Retainer/Consultant of the Confidential
Information.
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9. Equitable Rights
The Retainer/Consultant acknowledges that any Confidential Information that comes into
the possession and / or knowledge of the Retainer/Consultant is of a unique, highly
confidential and proprietary nature. It is further acknowledged by the Retainer/Consultant
that the disclosure, distribution, dissemination and / or release by the Retainer/Consultant
of the Confidential Information without the prior written consent of TCS or any breach of
this Agreement by the Retainer/Consultant will cause TCS to suffer severe, immediate
and irreparable damage and that upon any such breach or any threat thereof, TCS shall
without prejudice to any other remedies available to it, be entitled to appropriate equitable
relief including the relief of specific performance and injunctive relief, in addition to
whatever remedies it might have at law.
10. General
(a) The provisions hereof shall be interpreted, determined and enforced in accordance
with the laws of India.
(b) In the event of any dispute or disagreement over the interpretation of any of the terms
herein contained or may claim or liability of any party including that of surety, the same
shall be referred to a person to be nominated by TCS, whose decision shall be final and
binding upon the parties hereto. Subject to the above, the arbitration shall be governed by
the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1999 or any modifications or re-enactment thereof.
The Retainer/Consultant confirms that the fact that the arbitrator shall be a nominee of
TCS shall not be a ground for objecting to such arbitration or challenging the decision of
the arbitrator. The venue of arbitration shall be Mumbai. Subject to the above arbitration
clause, the Parties agreed to the binding jurisdiction of the Courts at Mumbai under the
laws of India.
(c) If any provision hereof shall be found by a judicial tribunal to be contrary to governing
law, it shall be deemed null and void without annulling or rendering invalid the remainder
of the Agreement and if the invalid portion is such that the remainder cannot be sustained
without it, the Parties herein shall find a suitable replacement to the invalid portion that
shall be legally valid.
(d) This Confidentiality clause along with other documents executed by the
Retainer/Consultant or referenced in any such documents constitutes the entire
understanding between the parties and supersedes all prior agreements and
understandings pertaining to the subject matter thereof. No delay of omission of either
Party in exercising or enforcing any of their rights or remedies hereunder shall constitute
a waiver thereof.
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(e) This Confidentiality clause may not be amended except in writing signed by authorized
representatives of both parties.
(f) The obligations of the Retainer/Consultant in terms of this Confidentiality clause shall
continue during the term of or in the course of the Retainer/Consultant-ship of the
Retainer/Consultant with TCS and shall continue thereafter in perpetuity.
11. Non-Compete
The Retainer/Consultant acknowledges that he/she is required on behalf of TCS to
provide service to, or solicit business from various clients of the TCS (each such client
herein after referred to as Customer). The Retainer/Consultant agrees that for a period of
6 (Six) months following the expiry or early termination of his/her Retainer/Consultant-ship
with the TCS for any reason, will not accept any offer of employment / Retainer /
Consultant-ship from any Client or Competitor of TCS, where he/she had worked in a
professional capacity with Client projects during the course of his / her Retainer /
Consultant-ship with TCS.
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