New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- A distressed multinational corporation (MNC) employee working in Hyderabad was laid off days after he complained about long working hours. With companies increasingly exploiting their employees, there appears to be no effective redressal mechanism to enforce labour laws. Employees are at the mercy of big corporate giants, with their jobs in jeopardy if they raise issues over malpractices in the organised sector.

This issue has surfaced repeatedly, but this time, a former MNC employee has taken legal action over the alleged violation of labour laws. Infuriated and exhausted after devoting 14 years to a US-based firm, which allegedly made him work intermittently for nearly 16 hours a day, the former employee sought com...