eWeek is reporting that the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has debarred two Michigan based firms for being willful violators of laws that regulate H-1B visas for foreign workers. During the debarment period, these companies are not allowed to apply for or obtain H-1B visas for foreign workers. These IT companies have “committed either a willful failure or a misrepresentation of a material fact,” according to Labor Department statistics.
Employer: R-Tech Group, Ltd. (also known as R-Tech, Ltd.)
City: Keego Harbor, Mich.
Debarment Period: 1/1/2009 to 12/31/2010
Employer: Amtech Electrocircuits
City: Troy, Mich.
Debarment Period: 3/1/2008 to 2/28/2010
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Umm isn’t Michigan’s unemployment rate over 14%?
