Via the Kansas City Star, a government report released this week found that foreign workers are at times abused and exploited under the H-2B visa program, which allows companies to hire foreign workers for temporary jobs they can’t fill with Americans. The Government Accountability Office found that some More…
Patrick Thibodeau of ComputerWorld reports that one result of the administration’s crackdown on employers using H-1B (non-immigrant skilled worker) visas is that one company, Peri Software Solutions, may be required to pay $1.45 million in back wages to 163 employees. Peri reportedly failed to pay workers prevailing wages More…
The Associated Press has a fascinating story today about how the same U.S. banks that have received billions in bailout money have been taking advantage of U.S. immigration laws to hire foreign professionals instead of American workers, who would cost more.
The dozen banks receiving the biggest rescue packages,
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