An Ernst & Young (EY) office in western India, 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,

EY faces increasing scrutiny in India after the death of 26-year-old audit executive Anna Sebastian Perayil, who allegedly succumbed to a "backbreaking" workload, according to her mother. The incident has triggered both a state-level inspection and a federal investigation into working conditions at the firm's Pune office,

Perayil’s death has prompted a central government investigation, highlighting concerns about employee well-being in high-pressure environments.

Indian authorities inspected consulting firm Ernst & Young's (EY) Pune office and interviewed executives in the western city on Monday, a state official said, amid an investigation into an associate worker's death,

The Maharashtra Labour Department inspected EY's Pune office following the death of a 26-year-old Chartered Accountant, Anna Sebastian Perayil. The probe aims to evaluate working conditions after claims that overwork caused her death.