Use H-1B or L-1 workers? Prepare for a Federal audit!
Summary: Audits for firms sponsoring L-1 and H-1B Visa Well, looks like the Feds are going to get around to auditing the firms that use L-1 and H-1B visas. Specifically, they’ll be verifying that the people who applied for these permits are who they purport themselves to be, that they are working where they said they would be and that their employers are paying them correctly (i.
Audits for firms sponsoring L-1 and H-1B Visa
Well, looks like the Feds are going to get around to auditing the firms that use L-1 and H-1B visas. Specifically, they’ll be verifying that the people who applied for these permits are who they purport themselves to be, that they are working where they said they would be and that their employers are paying them correctly (i.e., prevailing market wages). If the applicants and their sponsors did things by the book, there should be no surprises or problems.
However, these audits are occurring because there has been fraud in the visa process at some firms. If some frauds have been found without audits, I’ll bet more will be discovered now.
According to an InfoWorld piece 21% of visa petitions violate regulations/program rules.
Currently, the H-1B program is not getting the over-subscribed numbers of applicants as in past years. The economy is the key to this drop off. But, the program will regain popularity once the economy recovers.
When it does, a visa program that is fairly administered and legitimately used would benefit all of those who participate within it. If we have such a program, we cannot allow firms to offer sub-market pay to those who participate in the plan. This depresses wages for domestic workers and is grossly unfair to those non-citizen workers. Fraud is always wrong and those who try to justify it are skirting criminality.
Are these audits a bad thing? No. Are they overdue? Yes. Will new abuses be exposed to the bright light of day? Probably.
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About time
RE: Use H-1B or L-1 workers? Prepare for a Federal audit!
Long overdue
RE: Use H-1B or L-1 workers? Prepare for a Federal audit!
I have seen more fake resumes than I care to remember. The headhunters will tell the H1B what they need and it will then appear in the H1B resume.
The problem in the audit is that most of these companies will get their H1B who are working for a third party. The contract is between the company and the third party. That way the company can claim that they did not know the H1B was illegal and they are home free. The third party then folds up it office and opens a new office and continues doing the same thing.
One of biggest users of HIB's is Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. They have kick back and pay off to get place people in their data center.
The problem in the audit is that most of these companies will get their H1B
The regulations should be upgraded to include "Duty of Care" vicarious responsibility in the same way that a company is responsible for an unbroken chain of garbage disposal to a legitimate dump.
Directors licensing should be enforced and personal liability applied to delete these fly-by-night employment agencies.
Exactly!
But if you blacklist the subcontracting firms,
and make the cash fines large enough, you'll soon put the worst offenders out of business.
And by all means blacklist H1B employee who falsified applications and prevent them from reapplying for at least 5 years.
We also need new regulations which require H1B workers to receive the same average pay as a the average pay for an American worker with the same years of experience. This would prevent companies from using H1Bs just to reduce the IT payroll cost.
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and GSA
Mostly True
It makes me wonder what these guys will do out there. I'm sure a lot of them will be sent back and I sure hope they do.
RE: Use H-1B or L-1 workers? Prepare for a Federal audit!
H1-b Destroying our Education System
Next time someone mentions something about lack of programmers blame in on the H1-b System, not our education system. I work at a community college and we have just about completely done away with our program in CIS or programming skills. We are focusing on Networking skills instead. I think this is directly related to H1-b visas.
Only S.887 will give us the chance to compete for job openings
However, it will only benefit citizens from abroad. The Durbin bill, S.887, will force employers to consider highly skilled American specialty workers before recruiting abroad. This is the Change we need.
Take a look at the "H-1b Only" want ads that employers post to fill US job openings.
www.brightfuturejobs.com
Donna Conroy, Director
Bright Future Jobs
RE: Use H-1B or L-1 workers? Prepare for a Federal audit!
The New Durbin Bill S887 will surely put a stop to that and allow Americans and Permanent Residents a chance to compete for these jobs.
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Another Big Government Attempt Intimidation of Business
as if BUSINESS has not been intimidating US workers??
WHY do you think unemployment is so high in tech sector?
Good!
Let's put an end to imported slave labor
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