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A Lesson for Employers: The Obligation to Pay H-1B Workers May Begin Even Before the H-1B Petition is Approved

An IT consulting company based in Southern California recently paid $48,193 to one employee after the Department of Labor (DOL)’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) found that the company violated provisions of the H-1B visa program by failing to comply...
By: Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/a-lesson-for-employers-the-obligation-22615/

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