Patni Computer Systems, Inc. of Cambridge, Massachusetts has agreed to pay more than $2.4 million to 607 workers whom the company employed under the H-1B visa program.
Corporate Security Solutions Inc., a security guard service company, has paid $375,754 in back wages after the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division accused the company of failing to compensate its security guards the required prevailing wage rate or appropriate overtime.
A company that has a federal service contract to clean up debris caused by Hurricane Katrina has paid $25,163 in back wages to 153 employees after the Department of Labor accused the company of failing to pay required fringe benefits.
Many employers that hire foreign workers on H-1B visas when work is plentiful often struggle with what to do with them when times are tough. Here are some guidelines to help you follow the rules and stay out of trouble.
Administrative Law Judges from the U.S. Department of Labor ordered two New Jersey companies and their presidents to pay $567,090 in back wages to 16 foreign workers hired under through H-1B visa program.
The U.S. Department of Labor has joined the U.S. Department of Justice's Hurricane Katrina Fraud Task Force, saying it will enable better coordination and prosecution of violations of wage and hour laws.
The U.S. Labor Department says it has filed a lawsuit to force Huntleigh USA Corporation to pay $7.1 million in back wages to 7,171 employees who provided airport security services after the attacks of September 11, 2001.
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has agreed to pay more than $6.5 million in back wages to almost 900 pilots, co-pilots, and flight engineers, according to the Department of Labor.
More than 100 Hurricane Katrina clean-up workers will receive $141,887 in back wages the U.S. Labor Department recovered after accusing a contractor of failing to pay prevailing wages and overtime compensation.
Investigators from the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division alleged that
Computech, a Southfield, Michigan, firm that places computer professionals at
locations throughout the United States, brought non-immigrant H-1B workers into
the U.S. but failed to pay them the minimum required wage rates in the areas
where they were employed.
