Labors laws in USA protect all workers equally. Employers cannot work H1-Bs and not pay them overtime, vacation, sick, etc… [/quote]
Exempt employees are not required to be paid overtime and vacation/sick time is not a requirement in the United States. H1b workers live under the constant threat that if they do not put in the excess hours and they are let go they will be screwed. This terrible creates a balance of power situation skewed horribly towards the employer reminiscent of slave labor.
Now, it is true that H1b employees are a hassle but that is why the current trend is L1. With L1 there is no quota, no requirement to first try to find US citizens and companies have carte blance to import cheap labor en masse.
I used to work for a company that started out with 100 L1 workers working onsite with a contract with Infosys, the current count is 2000. A huge number of American tech workers and consultants were laid off specifically due to the shift to Infosys. Immigration did not care!
The ironic thing is that very few countries in the world have such lax labor laws and a total disregard for worker protections. Try going to India and getting a work visa – good luck with that, you are never going to get one because it is so difficult. Same for Europe! I once wanted to work in Europe but discounted the idea because it’s very difficult to get a work permit in Europe.
These companies must be STOPPED IN THEIR TRACKS! The labor laws of this country SHOULD be made to benefit the citizens of the country, NOT to grease the pockets of corporations and benefit a very select few at the top. That is not what we want this country to be. We need to change these laws.
Unfortunately too many of the people in this country are bleeding heart liberals who want to give the entire world everything, if that is the case, then you have no right to complain when your salary eventually goes to half and you can’t get a job!!!
