An investigation into work conditions at an Ernst & Young (EY) office in western India where a young employee died of alleged overwork has exposed a 17-year lapse in obtaining a state permit that caps how many hours employees can be on the job.
Anna Sebastian Perayil, 26, who was an audit and assurance executive at EY, one of the Big Four accounting firm, died from cardiac arrest which her mother, Anita Augustine, attributes to an "overwhelming workload" at a company that "glorified overwork." It was Perayil's death that triggered a federal government investigation into employee welfare at the office in Pune.
