Photo: MintWashington: A bipartisan Bill was on Friday reintroduced in the US Congress to make companies that move call centres overseas ineligible for grants or guaranteed loans from the government, a move aimed at curbing the transfer of jobs to countries like India. Green said there are 54,000 call centre jobs in the Greater Houston area alone and 2.5 million nationwide. This bipartisan legislation will protect call centre workers in Texas and throughout the country, and American consumers from unfair treatment,” he added. “Our number one priority in Congress is protecting and creating American jobs,” said McKinley. This bill does not mandate that companies keep call centres here in America, but simply says if you move call centre jobs offshore, you don’t receive funding from the government.

Source: Mint March 03, 2017 06:35 UTC