IEEE-USA Launches Petition Campaign Urging DOJ to Investigate US Companies Who Outsource IT Functions to Contractors Employing H-1B Visa Holders
On January 7, 2016, IEEE-USA — the lobbying arm of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers — launched an on-line petition drive to place pressure on The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Discrimination to investigate U.S. employers who have outsourced IT functions performed by U.S. workers to foreign workers employed in the U.S….
US Appeals Court Hands DOL a Major Loss in LCA Enforcement Case
For over 20 years, DOL has insisted that it may investigate the whole of an H-1B employer’s LCA compliance practices when it finds reasonable cause to believe a violation has been committed based on the allegations contained in an LCA complaint filed by or on behalf of an aggrieved party or organization — no matter how limited the violation alleged…