Infosys says US finds no violations in H-1B visa case

IT firm Infosys has said the US department of labor (DOL) has found no instances of violations against it in a case related to H-1B visa practices .

The case was reported on June 12, 2015 which said the government has opened an investigation against Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys for possible violations of rules for visas for foreign technology workers under contracts they held with an electric utility Southern California Edison.

The move by the Labour Department comes days after the NYT had reported that hundreds of employees at entertainment firm Walt Disney were laid off and replaced with Indians holding H1-B visas.

About 250 Disney employees were told in late October last year 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, the report had said.

Infosys said it fully cooperated with the DOL in its investigation, and over 145 files were reviewed, with no violations found.

"Infosys continues to actively recruit and hire talent in the US, but while there is a shortage of technology skills, Infosys is a responsible participant in the H-1B program. We do not practice or condone unfair or unethical H-1B visa practices. Our key priority is to operate fairly, ethically and with integrity, which is good business and what our clients expect," Sandeep Dadlani, EVP and Head of Americas, Infosys said.