New Delhi, June 12 -- British luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover ended 2025-26 with fewer employees than at the start of the year as it pursued cost-cutting measures to offset higher US tariffs and cyberattack-related expenses under new chief executive P.B. Balaji.

However, the first such workforce decline since the covid-19 pandemic more than doubled the Tata group carmaker's separation bill to £58 million ( Rs.742 crore).

JLR's downsizing-by 3% to 42,850 employees-came amid staff reductions elsewhere in the group. IT major Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) saw its total workforce fall by 3% to 617,437 in FY26, during which it laid off more than 12,000 employees and paid Rs.1,388 crore in severance.

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