• MEDIA: Tech and outsourcing companies continue to exploit the H-1B visa

    From John D Groenveld@21:1/5 to All on Tue Apr 18 11:03:37 2023
    Economic Policy Institute's Daniel Costa and Ron Hira on whether Susie
    Wiles worries that a man, woman, or other other of the Left will
    outflank Donald Trump from the right on the National Question: <URL:https://www.epi.org/blog/tech-and-outsourcing-companies-continue-to-exploit-the-h-1b-visa-program-at-a-time-of-mass-layoffs-the-top-30-h-1b-employers-hired-34000-new-h-1b-workers-in-2022-and-laid-off-at-least-85000-workers/>
    | In the remainder of his term, President Biden should implement these
    | essential reforms to restore integrity and fairness to the H-1B
    | program:
    |
    | * Fix the outsourcing loophole by issuing policy guidance from DOL
    | that requires secondary employers of H-1B workers (the companies
    | that hire outsourcing firms to provide contract workers) to file
    | labor condition applications. Guidance to require this was recently
    | considered but never finalized, which would have prevented firms
    | like Disney from replacing their U.S. employees with contracted H-1B
    | workers.
    |
    | * Implement DOL's delayed H-1B prevailing wage methodology rule, so
    | that H-1B workers are paid a fair wage and employers are prevented
    | from undercutting U.S. wage standards. The rule currently appears on
    | the White House's regulatory agenda but it is unclear whether a rule
    | will ever be proposed.
    |
    | * Issue an updated version of USCIS's H-1B visa allocation rule, which
    | would distribute H-1B visas by wage level rather than random
    | lottery. A rule like this would ensure that the highest-skilled H-1B
    | workers are awarded visas and it also has bipartisan support.
    |
    | * Direct the Wage and Hour Division to enforce the requirement in the
    | H-1B labor condition application for employers to pay the "actual
    | wage" rate they pay to other employees with similar experience and
    | qualifications. Particular attention should initially be focused on
    | firms that continue to hire large numbers of H-1B workers after
    | conducting mass layoffs.

    Will Biden, Alejandro Mayorkas and Ur M Jaddou beat Trump to
    implementing pro-American reforms to the Cheap Labor Lobby's scab
    worker import pipelines?

    John
    groenveld@acm..rg
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