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Empowering IT Professionals Since 2001
🇮🇳 India's Dedicated IT Workforce Defence & Upskilling Network

Facing AI Layoffs or Forced Resignation? Know Your Statutory Rights.

Corporate HR departments often pressure tech professionals into "voluntary resignation" to cheat them of statutory severance, gratuity, and notice pay. Technorats equips 5M+ Indian IT engineers with statutory labour protections under the Industrial Relations Code 2020 & IDA 1947, senior mentorship, and free AI certifications.

2001

25+ Years Defending Techies

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AI Education & Mentorship

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Statutory Severance Protection

5M+

Indian IT & ITeS Network

HR Warning & Self-Defence

The Corporate "Silent Firing" Playbook

Recognize how companies manipulate PIPs (Performance Improvement Plans) and lockouts to bypass lawful severance payout.

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The "Resign Today or Get Terminated" Threat

HR claims a termination letter will "blackball" your career. This is illegal coercion. If you resign voluntarily, you forfeit:

  • Mandatory 1-3 months notice payout
  • 15 days retrenchment pay per completed year
  • Right to challenge unlawful dismissal in Labour Court
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The Algorithmic / Sham PIP

Suddenly being placed on a 15-day PIP with unachievable metrics or automated AI activity tracking tools after years of positive ratings.

  • High Courts hold predetermined PIPs as Unfair Labour Practice
  • Document every email, milestone, and manager comment
  • Never acknowledge subjective claims of "underperformance"
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Are IT Engineers "Workmen"?

Companies falsely claim software developers and analysts are "managers" to deny labor protection.

  • Supreme Court rulings (Ved Prakash, SK Verma) establish role nature over job designation
  • Individual contributors who do not hire/fire are protected workmen
  • New IR Code 2020 raises supervisory wage ceiling to ₹18,000/month

🛑 Golden Rule: NEVER click "Submit" on a resignation portal under duress.

Send an official email to your personal inbox stating: "I am available to perform my duties. The ongoing meeting is demanding involuntary separation without statutory compliance."

Draft Statutory Objection Notice
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Vikas Sharma

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Helping developers avoid toxic PIPs and transition to high-growth roles.

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Advising on fair severance, workplace dignity, and female tech leaders.

25+ Years Legacy

The Technorats Odyssey: 2001 to 2026

From the dot-com aftermath to the era of Agentic AI, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Indian software professionals.

2001 — Founding & The Dot-Com Crash

Genesis of Tech Solidarity

Established during the massive global dot-com bust to provide legal guidance and re-employment networks for thousands of laid-off engineers across India's emerging tech corridors.

2008 — Global Financial Crisis & Satyam Crisis

Protecting Careers Through Uncertainty

Organized rapid legal desks and salary recovery clinics when tens of thousands of professionals faced abrupt contract terminations and visa cancellations during the Lehman collapse.

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Remote Rights & New Labour Codes

Advocated for fair severance policies during pandemic layoffs and initiated comprehensive legal analysis as Parliament passed the 4 New Labour Codes (Industrial Relations, Wages, Social Security, OSH).

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Merged with Sada Haq Legal Network to provide an AI-driven legal defence platform against algorithmic layoffs, combined with 100% free cutting-edge AI engineering education.