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NJ company fined for violating H1-B visa program
September 18, 2008TRENTON, N.J.
An Iselin computer consulting firm has been fined more than $80,000 for
allegedly violating federal immigration rules that allow companies to hire
foreign workers under a special visa program.
The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered the Iselin-based Data Group Inc. to pay the money to 11 foreign-born workers after an investigation found the company violated the program.
The Immigration and Nationality Act's H-1B visa program allows companies to temporarily hire foreign-born workers with special skills when they can't locally recruit to fill a position.
Federal labor officials say the company failed to pay required wages for one year to computer experts hired under the program.
A man who answered the phone Thursday at Data Group's office declined to comment.
Source: AP
The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered the Iselin-based Data Group Inc. to pay the money to 11 foreign-born workers after an investigation found the company violated the program.
The Immigration and Nationality Act's H-1B visa program allows companies to temporarily hire foreign-born workers with special skills when they can't locally recruit to fill a position.
Federal labor officials say the company failed to pay required wages for one year to computer experts hired under the program.
A man who answered the phone Thursday at Data Group's office declined to comment.
Source: AP