$300,000 penalty imposed on US firm for paying low wages to H-1B employees

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$300,000 penalty imposed on US firm for paying low wages to H-1B employees

Saturday, 15 September 2018 | PTI | WASHINGTON

A Redmond-based information technology staffing company was asked to pay over $300,000 to its 12 H-1B employees for paying them far below their salary and has been imposed a penalty of over $45,000, a media report said on Thursday.

The US Department of Labour Wage and Hour Division (WHD) during investigation found the company, which has offices in Bengaluru and Hyderabad, violated the labour provisions of the H-1B visa program by paying its guest workers far below the required wages, the report said.

As a result, People Tech Group Inc has been asked to pay its 12 employees $309,914 and has been slapped with a penalty of $45,564, it said.

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