New York: The US government has opened an investigation against two of the largest outsourcing companies in India for possible violations of the rules of H1-B visa, according to a report by the media.
The Labor Department has opened an investigation against Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys to "possible violations of rules for visas for foreign technology workers under contracts they had with a utility Southern California Edison," said New York Times .
The electric company had recently made more than 500 technology workers amid allegations that many of those dismissed were made to train their replacements who were immigrants on temporary work visas made by Indian companies Senators Richard Durbin of Illinois and Jeff Sessions of Alabama announced the investigation after they were notified by the department, according to the report.
The motion by the Labor Department comes days after the New York Times reported that hundreds of employees of entertainment giant Walt Disney was fired and replaced by Indians who have H1-B visas.
Around 250 Disney employees were told in late October last year that they would be laid off and many of his works were transferred to immigrants with H1-B visas brought by an outsourcing company based in India, the report He had said.
He also cited layoffs in the electric utility Southern California Edison, saying the layoffs are "raising new questions about how companies and outsourcing companies are using temporary visas, known as H-1B, to place immigrants in technology jobs in the U.S ".
The Labor Department has opened an investigation against Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys to "possible violations of rules for visas for foreign technology workers under contracts they had with a utility Southern California Edison," said New York Times .
The electric company had recently made more than 500 technology workers amid allegations that many of those dismissed were made to train their replacements who were immigrants on temporary work visas made by Indian companies Senators Richard Durbin of Illinois and Jeff Sessions of Alabama announced the investigation after they were notified by the department, according to the report.
The motion by the Labor Department comes days after the New York Times reported that hundreds of employees of entertainment giant Walt Disney was fired and replaced by Indians who have H1-B visas.
Around 250 Disney employees were told in late October last year that they would be laid off and many of his works were transferred to immigrants with H1-B visas brought by an outsourcing company based in India, the report He had said.
He also cited layoffs in the electric utility Southern California Edison, saying the layoffs are "raising new questions about how companies and outsourcing companies are using temporary visas, known as H-1B, to place immigrants in technology jobs in the U.S ".
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