REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBENGALURU, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Wipro (WIPR.NS), India's fourth-largest IT services provider, is mandating that all its employees globally work from office at least thrice a week from this month, according to a company-wide email seen by Reuters on Tuesday. 2 software services exporter, asked some employees to return to office 10 days a month, while industry leader TCS (TCS.NS) has asked employees to return to the office for five days a week. Wipro has been encouraging employees to work from office thrice a week since May and about 55% of the workforce are currently working from office at that frequency, a company spokesperson said. Wipro had 244,707 employees as of Sept. 30. Starting Jan. 7 next year, consistent defaulters may face consequences, according to the email dated Nov. 6.

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