TCS, Infosys under scanner for US visa violations
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The UD Department of Labour has opened an investigation against Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys , two of the biggest India outsourcing companies, for violations of H1-B visa rules .
The probe started for "possible violations of rules for visas for foreign technology workers under contracts they held with an electric utilitySouthern California Edison ", a PTI report quoted the New York Times .
The power company had recently laid off over 500 technology workers amid claims that many of those laid off were made to train their replacements who were immigrants on the temporary work visas brought in by the Indian firms SenatorsRichard Durbin of Illinois and Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the report said.
Meanwhile, the move comes days after the New York Times reported that hundreds of employees at entertainment giantWalt Disney were laid off and replaced with Indians holding H1-B visas.
About 250 Disney employees were told in October 2014 that they would be laid off and many of their jobs were transferred to immigrants on H1-B visas brought in by an outsourcing firm based in India, it said.
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The probe started for "possible violations of rules for visas for foreign technology workers under contracts they held with an electric utility
The power company had recently laid off over 500 technology workers amid claims that many of those laid off were made to train their replacements who were immigrants on the temporary work visas brought in by the Indian firms Senators
Meanwhile, the move comes days after the New York Times reported that hundreds of employees at entertainment giant
About 250 Disney employees were told in October 2014 that they would be laid off and many of their jobs were transferred to immigrants on H1-B visas brought in by an outsourcing firm based in India, it said.
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