Cognizant faces H-1B visa abuse charges by US staff

[OhioChick]

Source: Economic Times of India

20 Jul, 2011

BANGALORE: Multinational software firm Cognizant, which competes with India's Infosys, TCS and Wipro for a share of the US market, is facing allegations of H-1B visa abuse by an American staff the company fired recently. Around 18 employees of Molina Healthcare, a Cognizant customer, have filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles court alleging that they were replaced by lowly paid workers from Cognizant.

When contacted by ET a Cognizant spokesman said the lawsuit had no merit.

"Cognizant takes legal and regulatory compliance very seriously. It is Cognizant's view that this lawsuit is without merit, and we will vigorously contest it and pursue all legal remedies that may be available to us. Cognizant is a leading US-based provider of business, technology, and consulting services. The healthcare industry is one of the largest industry segments that Cognizant serves," he said.

The US-based magazine Computerworld reported earlier this month that the IT managers along with Cognizant at Molina Healthcare "increasingly catered to the Indian workers while leaving US workers, mostly security analysts and programmers who earned at least $75,000 a year, feeling excluded prior getting laid off last year," the report said.

Read more: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/software/cognizant-faces-h-1b-visa-abuse-charges-by-us-staff/articleshow/9289938.cms

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1. Replaced by lowly paid workers, that is the new American way.

[ChromeFoundry]

2. "Cognizant takes legal and regulatory compliance very seriously."

- when they get caught.