facebook: Justice Department accuses Facebook of discriminating against US workers – Latest News
The Justice Department stated that Fb had “refused” to recruit, take into account or rent certified U.S. staff for greater than 2,600 jobs that in lots of instances paid a mean wage of $156,000 a yr.
As a substitute, it opted to fill the positions utilizing momentary visa holders, akin to these with H-1B visas, the division added.
H-1B visas are sometimes utilized by the expertise sector to carry extremely expert overseas visitor staff to the US. However critics say the legal guidelines governing these visas are lax, and make it too straightforward to exchange U.S. staff with cheaper, overseas labor.
“Fb has been cooperating with the DOJ in its assessment of this problem and whereas we dispute the allegations within the grievance, we can not remark additional on pending litigation,” firm spokesman Daniel Roberts stated.
