"Semafor Technologies LLC in Norcross has agreed to pay 73 employees $741,288 in back wages following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division that found violations of the H-1B visa program, which allows nonimmigrants to work...
Cyrus Mehta, Nov. 7, 2022 "The sudden layoffs of nonimmigrant workers in H-1B and other statuses at Twitter and other tech companies in the US create additional concerns as their visa status is tied to the employer. Those who have been sponsored for permanent...
Matter of DeDios v. Medical Dynamic Systems, Inc., May 17, 2016 - "Respondent violated H-1B wage laws. It is hereby ORDERED: 1. Respondent must pay $3,600.00 to Complainant, which represents the amount Complainant paid in connection with his H-1B processing...
Komakula v. Aqua Information Systems, Mar. 9, 2016 - "1. The Prosecuting Party paid $5,225 to the Respondent as fees for his H-1B petition in violation of the Act. Accordingly, I find that the Respondent must to remit the $5,225 payment to the Prosecuting...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 01/15/2016 - "In this final rule, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is revising its regulations affecting: highly skilled workers in the nonimmigrant classifications for specialty...
"ORDERED: 1. Complainants’ Motion For Summary Decision is GRANTED; 2. Respondents will pay Complainant Almonte $134,750 in back wages, plus pre-judgment and post-judgment interest, in accordance with 26 U.S.C. § 6621, less proper withholding; 3...
Naomi Schorr writes: "This case is important because it's the first gloss on the leading case, Amtel Group of Florida, Inc. Amtel set the three-part test that an employer must meet to effect a bona fide termination of an H-1B employee: It must notify...
"This case originated on or about June 23, 2006 when Alena Gay Arat, a therapist from the Philippines, submitted an H-1B complaint against Greater Missouri. Arat made several allegations, including: Greater Missouri failed to pay her and other H-1B therapists...
"Dr. Mohan Kutty appeals the district court’s affirmance of the Department of Labor (DOL) Administrative Review Board’s (ARB) determination that he is personally liable for back wages, including expenses physicians hired by his clinics incurred in obtaining...
"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposes to update the regulations to include nonimmigrant high-skilled specialty occupation professionals from Chile and Singapore (H-1B1) and from Australia (E-3) in the list of classes of aliens authorized for...
"We AFFIRM the ALJ’s finding that the scope of a Wage and Hour investigation initiated in response to an aggrieved party complaint is not limited to the allegations contained in that complaint. We also AFFIRM the ALJ’s evidentiary rulings and her...
"A Texas IT services firm has been indicted by federal authorities for using H-1B visa workers to create an inexpensive "as needed" labor force. A multi-count indictment filed last month charged that Dibon Solutions of Carrollton, Texas only paid...
"I find it clear the XCEL served as the alter-ego of Mr. and Ms. Goel. Respondents observed no corporate formalities, received from XCEL hundreds of thousands of dollars in loans and rents but could produce no documentation memorializing these transactions...
BACK WAGES; VOLUNTARY NONPRODUCTIVE STATUS; PERIOD OF TIME BETWEEN ARRIVAL AND REPORTING TO RESPONDENT; PERIOD OF TIME TAKING CARE OF PERSONAL MATTERS IS VOLUNTARY, NONPRODUCTIVE STATUS; PERIOD OF TIME TO OBTAIN SOCIAL SECURITY CARD IS NOT VOLUNTARY, NONPRODUCTIVE...
Long (97 pages!) but worth reading for analysis of liquidated damages under Missouri law, benching, impermissible fees, and more. Matter of Greater Missouri Medical Pro-Care Providers, Inc., 2008-LCA-26, Oct. 18, 2011 .