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Submission + - IT Services Company Wipro forces 600 employees to work in bedbug infested office (11alive.com) 2

Submitted by McGruber
McGruber writes: Information Technology Services Corporation Wipro's (http://www.wipro.com/) 600-employee call center in Chamblee, Georgia is in infected with bed bugs according to Atlanta television station 11 Alive (http://www.11alive.com/news/employees-say-theyre-forced-to-work-amid-bed-bug-infestation/451441739).

The facilities manager admits there is a bed bug problem and it’s been an issue since late May.

Employees told the tv station that the bugs are all over the three floors — and they’re biting. But employees are being told they still must go to work. Kwanita Holmes sent 11Alive photos of what she said is a bed bug bite on her arm — “We’re at work 8 hours a day and we’re getting munched on all day,” she said.

Wipro said it’s paying for in-home bed bug consultations and treatments for employees.
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