Given the poor shape of the U.S. economy, fraudulent H-1B employers are likely to adopt new tricks, or to increase the use of old ones, with benched H-1B workers. If you have been benched, your employer may approach you and ask you to sign a document that falsely states that you took voluntary leave (e.g. [...]
Benched A Long Time? Still Stay In Regular Contact With H-1B Employer
Image by iBrow via Flickr If you are an H-1B worker who has been benched for months and months, despite your best efforts to find a project, you may find yourself communicating less and less with your H-1B employer. Maybe you’ve even stopped contact altogether. Please know you should not reduce communications with your H-1B [...]
Benched or Underpaid H-1B Wages? The Importance of Acting Promptly
Image via Wikipedia If you’re an H-1B worker who has been benched or otherwise underpaid wages, and you’re interested in trying to address your problems, you should consider acting promptly. Promptly educate yourself about the legal options you have, and promptly take action. If you take take the right actions at the wrong time (i.e. [...]
Things to Consider Before Filing a Department of Labor (DOL) Complaint for H-1B Wages
Image via Wikipedia Our law offices commonly receive phone calls from H-1B workers who: (1) have unpaid wages; (2) filed a Department of Labor (DOL) wage complaint; (3) and THEN called our law offices. At this point, they often ask us whether we can provide legal advice for their DOL matter, or whether they can [...]
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