Two H-1B employers (though not described as such in the media) have been charged with mistreating their female workers.
One of them is a big software firm in the Bay Area and the other is a Chicago outfit called — wait for it — Immigration Lawyers PC. Its managing partner is listed variously on the website as Charles H. Cui and Cui Charles Hua. He is a member of the Illinois and Michigan bars and is under indictment for bribing a member of the Chicago Board of Aldermen, Edward M. Burke; the latter is a legendary leader of the local Democratic political machine, having been an alderman more than 52 years.
The California firm is Zendesk; on Myvisajobs, it is reported that the firm sought 41 H-1B workers in FY 2019, 54 the next year, 100 in FY 2021, and 57 in FY 2022. The law firm filed for three H-1B slots in 2020, one for a law clerk, the plaintiff in this case.
In the Zendesk case, four women have charged that they encountered discrimination as women in the work place in a number of ways. According to the San Jose Mercury News:
Zendesk paid female workers “significantly less” at hiring than their male counterparts, offered women less stock and fewer incentive-pay opportunities, and slotted women “overwhelmingly” into lower job levels, the suit claimed.
The four women, including one long-time employee, filed anonymously, an arrangement new to me, but understandable. The press did not notice that either of the employers used the H-1B program, but I think it worth noting;...
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