The bill prohibits H1B dependent employers from replacing American workers with H1B employees, there are no longer any exceptions. For H1B dependent employers to be exempted from the requirement that US workers be recruited first, the Protect and Grow American Jobs Act dramatically increases the salary requirements for H1B workers. “Employers who use the H1B programme are highly regulated and scrutinised already, and NASSCOM member companies abide by all applicable laws and regulations. “According to the US government, the rate of compliance problems is very low, and the overwhelming majority of problems occur at American companies with fewer than 50 employees,” he said. Chandrashekhar said NASSCOM continues to support efforts to root out any fraud or abuse in the H1B system.

Source: Mint November 16, 2017 09:11 UTC