tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174163417312140150.post8637094979394310625..comments2023-08-29T07:36:40.823-07:00Comments on Programmers Guild: Patni Computer Systems H-1b settlement fails to compensate American Worker victimsMr. Kim Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10204568488405029732noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174163417312140150.post-85920948187614651792009-07-21T12:19:57.057-07:002009-07-21T12:19:57.057-07:00I feel any foreign national hired to work in the U...I feel any foreign national hired to work in the US should be here because they perform critical jobs that they are aptly trained for, and certainly not because it is cheaper to hire them.<br /><br />Patni is completely taking undue advantage of both sides, charging the clients maybe a little less than prevailing wages (American workers lose their opportunity based purely on cost to hire) and then paying the Patni employees very low wages. <br /><br />My husband is in the US working for Patni, and he gets just about 50k p.a. This I feel is too less, US citizens doing the same job he does get about 75k. <br /><br />What can we do about it? Nothing. If we make a noise, I'm quite sure we will be shipped back in no time!We cannot afford any legal actions either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174163417312140150.post-85013659758780217502009-02-17T08:43:00.000-08:002009-02-17T08:43:00.000-08:00Even Starbucks replaces American IT workers with I...Even Starbucks replaces American IT workers with Indian workers (H1-B or L-1 Visa). Last week Starbucks laid off around 350 workers from their Support Center, many of them were IT workers. Not surprisingly, there will be increases in the amount of contractors (H1-B or L-1 Visa) that will be brought in within the same month from India. <BR/>Here are the 3 things that must be done now to even the playing field:<BR/>1. Guest-worker employers must pay Social Security and Medicare tax (100%)<BR/>2. U.S. employers must demonstrate they have looked for and could not find qualified U.S. workers<BR/>3. Guest-worker employers should be subject to random audits to ensure they are following the rulesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174163417312140150.post-18480479797228147022007-08-22T16:59:00.000-07:002007-08-22T16:59:00.000-07:00H1-B workers are not exempt from Social Security a...H1-B workers are not exempt from Social Security and Medicare tax. Infact Social Security tax money is lost by most H1B workers when they return to their home countries and do not take advantage of any of the benefits offered by the Social Security program. Get your facts right before you advertise your own company.(http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/international/article/0,,id=131635,00.html)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174163417312140150.post-69389309337859779342007-06-26T13:08:00.000-07:002007-06-26T13:08:00.000-07:00Your right, these companies are operating here in ...Your right, these companies are operating here in the US with only one purpose, to make money be displacing the American Worker.<BR/><BR/>In order to bring some equity back to the American tax paying workers, we at <A HREF="http://www.peningo.com" REL="nofollow">Peningo Systems</A> would like to propose the following:<BR/><BR/>- Any company that hires an H1-B or L-1 Visa to work in the United States must pay a tax that is equal to 100% of the “Employer and Employee” portion of the Social Security and Medicare tax. This is important, since it takes away one of the “MAIN” incentives to fire an “AMERICAN WORKER” and replace them with an H1-B or L-1 Visa. As it is all H1-B and their employers ARE EXEMPT FROM PAYING SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE TAX! This practice must stop.<BR/><BR/>- To combat the abuse of low pay to H1-B and L-1 Visa holder to under cut the American based worker, which is a violation of the letter of the law, the Federal government must come up with a “Up To Date” Salary survey that would accurately reflect what an American actually would get in the free market place. Then the H1-B or L-1 Visa holder MUST be paid in the UPPER 10% of the Salary range...that's right.... the H1-B MUST be paid in the UPPER 10% of the Salary range. This would insure that H1-B are treated in terms of cost the same as an American and that the H1-B is truly a talent that is needed!<BR/><BR/>If we implement these 2 proposals, then the H-1B would compete with an American based on the merits of his/her abilities and not solely based on the fact that the H1-B is 10s of thousands of dollars cheaper than the American.<BR/><BR/>This is a fair way to bring equity back into the US as well as protect out Tax Base from the Tax Evading scheme of hiring foreign workers and avoid paying for Social Security and Medicare tax.<BR/><BR/>If you have time, please check out my Blog at <A HREF="http://blog.peningo.com" REL="nofollow">Peningo Opinion Blog</A>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10426627169123476854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174163417312140150.post-55740992339964723952007-06-10T19:44:00.000-07:002007-06-10T19:44:00.000-07:00Patni Computer Systems said in their SEC filing: P...Patni Computer Systems said in their SEC filing: <BR/><BR/><I><BR/>Presently, we benefit from the tax holidays given by the Government of India forthe export of IT services from specially designated software technology parks and special economic zones in India.<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>Are these "tax holidays" considered government subsidies and therefore illegal under WTO rules?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com