Indian outsourcing company HCL discriminates against non-Indian citizens in hiring and promotions, fires them at a higher rate than Indian workers, and games America’s visa system by gobbling up more H-1B visas than it can use, a new lawsuit by a former employee claims.
HCL did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Reese Voll, a white, male computer-systems architect who said in his lawsuit that he worked at HCL for about two years until he was terminated in August 2016, alleges the company “prefers South Asians in employment decisions” and has implemented a number of corporate practices to put its bias into action. The suit said HCL’s South Asian workforce is “primarily Indian.”
Voll is seeking class-action status for the lawsuit, which was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in San Jose.
Among the corporate practices adopted by HCL is filling its U.S. workforce with Indian citizens working under the H-1B visa, the suit claims.
“HCL submits visa petitions for more positions than actually exist in the U.S. in order to maximize its chances of securing the highest number of available H-1B visas from the lottery process,” the suit alleges. “In this way, HCL has been able to secure visas for far more individuals than it actually has a present need for.”
All, or virtually all, of the H-1B visas HCL obtains are for South Asians, the suit said.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/08/16/h-1b-indian-outsourcing-firm-discriminates-against-non-indian-workers-games-u-s-visa-system-lawsuit/
Never, ever, ever, ever apply to or work at an Indian IT sweatshop that primaries in H1B visa lottery scamming.