PLAY PODCASTS
Study: Migrant Tech Workers Underpaid by Millions through Loophole in H-1B Program

Study: Migrant Tech Workers Underpaid by Millions through Loophole in H-1B Program

KQED's Forum

December 14, 202122m 15s

Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (podtrac.com) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.

Show Notes

An outsourcing loophole in the H-1B visa program has allowed tech companies to get away with underpaying their migrant workers by millions of dollars, according to a new report by the Economic Policy Institute. While the report focuses on the workers under the IT staffing firm HCL Technologies, the tactic of outsourcing labor to migrant workers and paying them less compared to their U.S. born counterparts to save money is all too common, the report claims. We’ll talk with the study’s co-author.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices