...industries such as nursing and computer programming, there is a shortage of skilled personnel. Consequently, firms have opted to seek qualified employees from all over the world. For example, Microsoft Company has employed a very large number of foreign workers. In fact, it is the leading company with the highest number of foreign employees. USA workers are limited in the level of skills required by some fields. For example, the co-founder of Google Company came from Russia. He was granted H-1B visa, which means he acquired legal residence on the basis of his high level skills. This limitation of skills among USA workers has brought controversy. USA citizen workers are being laid off yet there is an increasing level of hiring foreign workers. Many politicians are against this trend and they are demanding for an action to curb this situation. One of the suggestions is to reduce H-1B visas in order to protect jobs for American citizens. 2- If it is true that the recent changes in the number of H-1B visas reflect an “antiemployer” attitude, what groups might consider these new policies as “pro someone else?” The most probable group of people likely to consider these new policies as “pro-someone else” is employers. They will view these policies as a form of forcing them to hire alternative people for high skilled positions. This means that they will have to search for employees among the USA citizens. Since the labor available lacks high skilled employees, they will have to employ...
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...Effect Of the US Immigration Bill 2013 On the American And Indian Economy Executive Summary Eight U.S. senators from the Republican and Democratic parties have submitted a new bill,i.e., the US Immigration Bill 2013, to overhaul the immigration system, with a focus on immigrant work skills and improved border security. The proposed legislation is 844 pages long. Under the new proposal, the cap on H-1B visas would nearly double from 65,000 to 110,000, and could rise to 180,000 if certain conditions are met. Spouses of people holding H-1B visas would be given the right to work and they would not count against the cap on H 1-B visas, if in turn, their country of origin allows the spouses of U.S. nationals working in that country to hold employment. The Americans feel the top H-1B and L-1 employers are using the programme to substitute tens of thousands of high-wage, high skilled American jobs and give them to non-Americans. The bill proposes that a company that employs 50 or more employees in the United States may not hire additional H-1B or L-visa employees if the number of such employees exceeds: (1) 75% of the total number of employees for FY2015, (2) 65% of the total number of employees for FY2016, and (3) 50% of the total number of employees for each subsequent fiscal year. These provisions are seen as directly targeting Indian information technology companies. While the U.S. operations of these companies form a large percentage of their revenue, the majority...
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...designs and delivers technology-enabled solutions for Global 2000 companies. Infosys provides business and technology consulting, application services, systems integration, product engineering, custom software development, maintenance, re-engineering, independent testing and validation services, IT infrastructure services and business process outsourcing. Infosys pioneered the Global Delivery Model, which is based on the principle of taking work to the location where the best talent is available, with the least amount of acceptable risk and where it makes the most economic sense. Infosys employs more than 15,000 foreign workers in the United States. In February of this year, a suit was filed in Alabama that accuses Infosys of purposefully sending its Indian employees to work full-time on incorrect visas, and that Infosys was paying these employees in India for full-time work in the United States without withholding federal or state income taxes, and overbilling customers for the labor costs of these employees. Foreign nationals that work in the United Stated on temporary contracts require an H-1B visa. In 2009, increased restrictions began on H-1B visas and in 2010 the application price for H-1B visas doubled, this is when Infosys began sending employees on B-1 visas. B-1 visas are issued to employees visiting the country for short-term business reasons not for full-time employment. H-1b visas are only available for skilled workers, those who hold a university degree. Infosys is...
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...A Timely Analysis of Legal Developments ASAP Recent USCIS Memo on Employer-Employee Relationship Requirements for H-1B Visa Petitions: Regulation by Memorandum? By Jorge Lopez, Shin-I Lowe and Neil Grindstaff ® In This Issue: March 2010 The USCIS recently issued a guidance memo to its adjudication officers, “Determining Employer-Employee Relationship for Adjudication of H-1B Petitions, Including Third Party Site Placements.” The Memo clarifies what constitutes a valid employer-employee relationship, in the context of petitions for H-1B visas, which are commonly used by IT staffing agencies and consulting groups for placing skilled workers at third-party worksites. Donald Neufeld, Associate Director or Service Center Operations for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) recently issued a guidance memo to its adjudication officers, “Determining Employer-Employee Relationship for Adjudication of H-1B Petitions, Including Third Party Site Placements” (“Neufeld Memo” or “Memo”). The Memo clarifies what constitutes a valid employer-employee relationship, in the context of petitions for H-1B visas, which are commonly used by IT staffing agencies and consulting groups for placing skilled workers at third-party worksites.1 On February 18, the USCIS held a “Collaboration Session” in Washington, D.C., to address the growing concerns about the implications of the Neufeld Memo. Approximately 500 people (400 via teleconference) attended the two-hour session...
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...H-1B visa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search |[pic] |This article may contain original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations.| | |Statements consisting only of original research may be removed. (November 2009) | The H-1B is a non-immigrant visa in the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 101(a)(15)(H). It allows US employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations. If a foreign worker in H-1B status quits or is dismissed from the sponsoring employer, the worker must either apply for and be granted a change of status to another non-immigrant status, find another employer (subject to application for adjustment of status and/or change of visa), or leave the US. The regulations define a "specialty occupation" as requiring theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialized knowledge in a field of human endeavor[1] including but not limited to biotechnology, chemistry, architecture, engineering, mathematics, physical sciences, social sciences, medicine and health, education, law, accounting, business specialties, theology, and the arts, and requiring the attainment of a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent as a minimum [2] (with the exception of fashion models, who must be "of distinguished merit and ability").[3] Likewise, the foreign worker must possess at least a bachelor’s degree...
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...employment relationship. Not only, can this be a complicated and somewhat drawn out process, it’s also very, very expensive cost to the business that will sponsoring the candidate. Also there are many hoops to jump through when it comes to the Department of Labor’s and Department of Homeland Securities involvement in the process. I will attempt to provide you with insight as to how the process works from start to finish. After, and only after, a job is offered and accepted by an alien, the process of obtaining H-1B visa status can begin. One can apply for H1B visa/status six months prior to the commencement of the petitioned employment, but no earlier. For example, if an employer knows they will have a certain opening approximately six months out, and they have a pre-chosen candidate, the process can begin based on this assumption. It is important to apply for the visa as early as possible (for the time being, this means as early as 6 months before your start date) due to the fact that the H-1B quota is currently being used up very quickly. There is only a pre-determined amount of ‘spots’, (visas) available, and it works kind of like a lottery. Given the constraint on the H-1B quota, it is always best for employers or HR professionals to expedite the recruitment process and sometimes push the starting date of employment forward. The H-1B visa is a ‘non-immigrant’ visa, meaning it’s utilized for individuals that just want to ‘work’ in the USA, not necessarily ‘live’ here...
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...Higgins, John K. “Immigration Reform Could Open the Door for IT Talent.” E-Commerce Times 2/6/13 John K Higgins wrote an article on the impact that “green cards” and H-1B visa recipients could have on the United States. Higgins discusses how highly-skilled non-immigrants have the ability to improve the U.S. if there visit is made permanent. These non-immigrants are typically those who hold a degree in science, technology, engineering and mathematics also known as “STEM” or those who are striving to obtain a degree. Several businesses support the effort because they feel as though H-1B holders with these skills could be beneficial to their companies. The government noticed the proposals, which led to the bill “Immigration Innovation Act of 2013”. Higgins separates his article into three sections titling them “Visa Reform and High-Tech Funding”, “Costs and Benefits for Tech Sector”, and “Congressional Hurdles and Outlook” In “Visa Reform and High-Tech Funding” Higgins goes into details of the bill and how the revenue will promote funding. He also classifies this segment by the related topics within the bill. The bill is designed to initiate the growth of H-1B visas and the access to “green cards” for high-skilled non-immigrants. An H-1B visa is a program that temporarily permits employers to hire foreign workers. The initial time frame their allowed to work is three to six years. In spite of the time period, The Immigration Innovation Act increased the limit for visas to sixty...
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...CANADA-U.S. Business Travel Guide Released February 2013 CANADA-U.S. BUSINESS TRAVEL GUIDE INTRODUCTION Word from Jayson Myers, President & CEO, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters T he advent of global supply chains has led to significant changes in the way manufacturers do business. In today’s day and age, the business of manufacturing is no longer simply about getting a product out the door — it is rather about providing innovative solutions to customers’ problems. Manufacturers now deliver value to customers by embedding their skills, innovation, financing and logistics solutions in the tangible goods they deliver. To compete and win in today’s environment requires constant interaction between manufacturers and their suppliers, customers, business partners, and services providers. Despite recent advances in information and communications technologies, much business is still conducted face-to-face, and deals are still done with a handshake. Whether it’s engineers working together to develop a new manufacturing process, executives meeting to negotiate a licensing agreement, or industry leaders getting together at a conference to map the future of their sector, creating value requires business people to meet and interact. Given the intensity of Canada’s trade relationship with the United States, this is especially the case between our two countries. Not only are we each other’s largest customer, but our businesses increasingly work together...
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...comparable American counterparts. His research also found that the foreign workers’ talent was less than, or at best equal to, that of American workers. These findings makes one question whether there is a labor shortage and a need for the best, or if tech companies are simply using the visa program for cheap labor. Another concern are consulting companies that bring in offshore consultants. These companies are allegedly using the visa to bring workers to learn skills and then off-shoring the service. Ron Hira, a professor of public policy at the Rochester Institute of technology, has been studying how consulting firms use the visas to help American company cut costs. He says, “What these firms have done is exploit the loopholes in the H-1B program to bring in on-site workers to learn the jobs [of] the Americans to then ship it back offshore.” Indeed, information on Molina payroll indicates that offshore workers in India were paid half the price allotted to Americans, confirming the cost cutting effects of offshoring services. With an expansion in the H1-B visa program, more companies can gain access to foreign workers. Companies would have an incentive to exploit the loopholes in the system for cheaper labor costs. After all, that’s what some companies are doing right now. Expanding the...
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...Infosys. But will be useful in case of IBM, Dell etc which are US based. The proposed reform to the H1B visa standards were under the Senate’s comprehensive bill. It has the potential to cast a profound impact on the outstanding industry.the US government has accused Indian it companies of using the visas unfairly to send the employees from india at a lower cost, which impacts job creation in US. Most IT companies have said this would impact margin by 20 to 30 basis points and they would counter it by increasing hiring in US. Also it clears the opportunity of the local US players to get sub contracting from the bigger players. The impact on the revenues of the big companies such as Cognizant, TCS will give birth to theneed of change of business model IT providers that need to evaluate the options such as acquisition and larger presence in smaller US cities. Proportion of work may be needed to increase from 60 to 70% to 80%, they might need to employ local employees or perform small acquisition to get the employer strength needed. Dealing with the possible solution of lobbying Nasscom might not be able to pitch in...
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...their workers to make a profit. It is possible to explore a variety of different sources and see that employers in the 21st century still use tactics by which exploit American employees by using outsourcing as a means to increase their profits. In the article “New Threat to Skilled U.S. Workers”, Froma Harrop raises awareness of the problematic issue concerning the outsourcing of American jobs to other countries. To begin the article, Harrop makes references to Princeton economist Alan Blinder and Ron Hira, a professor of public policy at the Rochester Institute of Technology. The main reason for the outsourcing of American jobs, as stated in Harrop’s article, is the problematic H-1b Visa program issued by the government allowing educated foreigners to work in the United States. As a result of the H-1b program, unpatriotic US companies increase their profits by paying less for workers out of the country. According to Harrop, since U.S....
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...| People Data | Name | : | Kadzinga, Steven Tawanda | ID | : | 2013050011 | Birthday | : | 22/08/1991 | Assessment Data | Program | : | Bachelor of Business Administration Accounting | Center | : | Main Campus | Bulletin | : | 2010-2012 Bulletin | Date Start | : | 01/05/2013 | Date End | : | 31/12/2017 | Basis of Adm. | : | 2 'A' Levels Plus 6 'O' Levels | Observation | : | | Advisor | Name | : | Ndlovu, Ivonne Lec - Lecturer | Title | : | | Academic Variables | Admission Status | Date | Type | Document | 01/05/2013 | Regular | 1 | | Academic Status | Date | Type | Document | 01/05/2013 | Active | 1 | | Documents Control | Academic Record | 2013 1st Semester :: Main Campus | Mode / Type / Cond | Crd. | Grd. | Qpt. | | | MATH | 181 | Business Algebra | Reg / Core / regular | 3.00 | C | | | | INSY | 110 | Computers and Business Information Systems | Reg / Core / regular | 3.00 | B | 7.00 | | | CONV | 101 | Convocation [1st Year 1st Semester] | Reg / Core / regular | 0.00 | S | 0.00 | | | ACCT | 111 | Financial Accounting 1A | Reg / Core / regular | 4.00 | C | 8.00 | | | ORIE | 100 | Orientation | Reg / Core / regular | 0.00 | S | 0.00 | | | RELT | 215 | Philosophy of Christian Education | Reg / Core / regular | 2.00 | | 0.00 | | | MGMT | 155 | Principles of Management | Reg / Core / regular | 3.00 | B+ | 7.00 | | | ECON | 215 | Principles of Microeconomics | Reg / Core / regular | 3...
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...(CSU) General Education Breadth pattern (CSU GE) or the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC for CSU). 3. Completion of a minimum of 90 CSU-transferrable quarter units (De Anza courses numbered 1-99) with a minimum 2.0 GPA (“C” average). 4. Completion of all De Anza courses combined with courses transferred from other academic institutions with a minimum 2.0 degree applicable GPA (“C” average). Note: A minimum of 18 quarter units must be earned at De Anza College. Major courses for certificates and degrees must be completed with a letter grade unless a particular course is only offered on a pass/no-pass basis. Associate in Science in Business Administration for Transfer A.S.-T. Degree The Business major consists of courses appropriate for an Associate in Science in Business Administration for Transfer degree, which provides a foundational understanding of the discipline, a breadth of coursework in the discipline, and preparation for transfer to any CSU that accepts the Transfer Model Curriculum (TMC). Students transferring to a CSU campus that does accept this degree will be required to complete no more than 60 (semester) units after transfer to earn a bachelor’s degree. This degree may not be the best option for students intending to transfer to a particular CSU campus or to a university or college that...
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...costs friendly everyday prices for all of its customers. They accomplished this by eventually cutting off all middle man distributors. Although this is what ultimately Wal-Mart above the rest of the competition it didn’t work right away in Wal-Mart’s earlier years. Just like any large or small business Wal-Mart went through both its share of trials and tribulations. When Wal-Mart first developed the RFID technology, the company began to greater strides towards become a world leader in supply chain management. As years past and technology became more apparent and pivotal to businesses along with everyday life, Wal-Mart understood that it was necessary and effective for the company to take advantage and implement it throughout their business entirely. The particular area in which board members along with upper management believed that it was most important and needed the most to implement newer technology was in inventory management and logistics. Traditionally technology at Wal-Mart was most popular were in computerization of individual sales, and billing machines that were responsible for central billing and keeping different records. As Wal-Mart started growing as a business so did their inventory and they found that they needed to create a system that could keep track of men as well as materials that were being sent from country to country? It also became much more difficult to maintain the progress and inventory of hundreds of warehouses spread all over throughout...
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