Researchers found that foreign H-1B visa workers are “substantially underpaid” compared to American workers doing the same job.
According to a survey by the Economic Policy Research Institute, carried out Written in part by Ron Hira, who is considered a leading expert on fraud and fraud in the H-1B visa program, the company is the third largest outsourcing company in India, with clients such as Microsoft, Disney, Boeing, and FedEx. , Google, T-Mobile, Keurig Dr. Pepper and more.
“H-1B workers employed in both India and the United States have been shown to earn significantly lower wages than U.S. citizens and permanent residents who are not employed on H-1B visas,” HCL Tech The results of a study examining the data revealed the following:
According to HCL's own calculations, The company systematically pays its H-1B employees far less than its U.S. employees, by up to 47%. — Violating HCL's certification in the visa application that it promises to pay the actual wage if it is higher than the prevailing wage. [Emphasis added]
“HCL underpays H-1B workers in virtually every job category in every line of business, and carefully manages and tracks pay disparities,” the researchers wrote. The difference in the percentage of workers paying higher wages is very large, ranging from 13% to 87%.” %. ”
Overall, the researchers found that HCL Tech saves at least $95 million annually by paying its H-1B visa employees much lower salaries than their U.S. peers.
“This is white-collar wage theft on a massive scale, with $95 million in wages stolen from H-1B workers each year, and it is facilitated by a failure to enforce labor standards in the H-1B program. ' concluded the researchers.
Breitbart News reports that a similar study published this year in the Journal of Business Ethics found that Deloitte paid foreign H-1B visa workers approximately less than American workers in the same occupation. It has been revealed that it is 10% lower.
For years, Breitbart News has documented the mistreatment of America's white-collar professionals as a result of the H-1B visa program. Americans are often fired in the process and forced to train foreign replacements.
An analysis conducted in 2018 found that 71 percent of tech workers in California's Silicon Valley are foreign-born, while the tech industry in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward region is made up of 50 percent foreign-born tech workers. It turned out that. to 99 percent 80% of foreign workers on H-1B visas imported by the top eight outsourcing companies arrive from India.
John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter here.
