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The Wage and Hour Division reports: Health care staffing agency Jackson Therapy Partners, based in Orlando, has paid $134,073 in back wages to 40 non-immigrant employees hired under the H-1B program to work as physical and occupational therapists in 15 states, following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.

Investigators found that the employer failed to pay the H-1B workers the required wage rate for the period of time between arrival from their home country, the Philippines, and reporting to their temporary work sites. Under the H-1B program, workers must be paid for all non-productive time caused by their employers.

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Guest Blogger: Scott M. Baach

The L-1 visa program offers multinational businesses a rather straightforward way to place executive, managerial, or “specialized knowledge” employees in the United States.  This program allows employers to bypass the traditional quota limits and labor certification requirements applicable to other visa categories, such as the H-1.  The L-1 visa is for intra-company transferees.  In order to qualify, the subject employee must have worked for a multinational company outside the United States in an executive, managerial, or “specialized  knowledge” capacity for at least one continuous year within the three years prior to coming to the United States and, further, must be coming to the United States to work for a related company (parent, subsidiary, sister company, etc) in a similar capacity. 

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