LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyds TSB is to transfer up to
250 information technology staff and 200 contractor roles to
India, it said on Wednesday.
The bank said the staff are part of its IT division’s
technical delivery function, where they design and develop
software, and will start moving from June.
The Lloyds TSB Group Union slammed the plans, coming just
weeks after the government pledged more financial support to
the banking industry during the credit crunch. It said Lloyds
has exported up to 3,000 UK jobs to India since 2003.
Lloyds employed almost 70,000 people at the end of last
year after cutting thousands of staff in recent years as it
pushes through cost savings.
(Reporting by Steve Slater, editing by Elizabeth Fullerton)