bigbulus

Hello:

Our company just hired an H-1B worker. This is the first time we hired H-1B worker. We would like to know if there is any information available on the web about how our company should comply with the law while having H-1B worker in the company AND what H-1B worker must do while working for our company.

We just want to make sure that our company and our employee are complying with the law.

Thanks,

Hnchoksi

    >Subject: HELP: What employer and H-1B worker must do to comply with the
    >law???
    >From: bigbulus member17241@british_expats.com
    >Date: 1/7/04 3:16 PM Eastern Standard Time
    >Message-id: <[email protected]>
    >Hello:
    >Our company just hired an H-1B worker. This is the first time we hired
    >H-1B worker. We would like to know if there is any information available
    >on the web about how our company should comply with the law while having
    >H-1B worker in the company AND what H-1B worker must do while working
    >for our company.
    >We just want to make sure that our company and our employee are
    >complying with the law.

To which law are you referring? The H-1 employee is to be treated no
differently than a citizen or green card holder. You pay him what the
prevailing wage is. He works, you pay him and that is that.

Inon

The employee's visa should state your company as the petiotioning
employer, and the beneficiary is that employee. You must have petiotioned
for him/her. If you have hired just because he has H1-B visa, it's not
valid. H1-B is seperate for each employer, and has to be obtained whenever
the person (to be employee) switches employers.

On the same note, if you're petiotioning, that doesn't mean you can
possess that person's passport - it's illegal. The H1-B worker is a
validated (by Federal govt) person in terms of competence, privileges and
etc., and no different than any US employee. Else, the employee can
complain.

Good luck and please post your experience. Thanks.

- Inon