EY office in Pune, whose employee died due to workload, operated without key labour permit since 2007

New Delhi, 24/9: The Ernst & Young (EY) office in Pune, which employed a 26-year-old who allegedly died after facing a high workload, has operated since 2007 without a state permit which regulates work hours, a senior government official told Reuters.

EY faces scrutiny in India over the death of audit executive Anna Sebastian Perayil, which her mother blamed on a “backbreaking” workload in a letter to EY India’s chairman.