{"id":2432,"date":"2010-03-21T21:52:35","date_gmt":"2010-03-22T02:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbach.net\/blog\/?p=2432"},"modified":"2022-11-27T20:38:19","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T01:38:19","slug":"michigan-firms-barred-from-h-1bs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/michigan-firms-barred-from-h-1bs\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Firms Barred From H-1B Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

eWeek<\/a>\"Michigan<\/a> is reporting that the U.S. Department of Labor\u2019s<\/a> Wage and Hour Division<\/a> has debarred two Michigan-based firms for being willful violators<\/a> of laws that regulate H-1B visas<\/a> 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<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Employer:<\/strong> R-Tech Group, Ltd<\/a>. (also known as R-Tech, Ltd.)
\nCity:<\/strong> Keego Harbor, Michigan
\nDebarment Period:<\/strong> 1\/1\/2009 to 12\/31\/2010<\/p>\n

Employer:<\/strong> Amtech Electrocircuits<\/a>
\nCity:<\/strong> Troy, Michigan
\nDebarment Period:<\/strong> 3\/1\/2008 to 2\/28\/2010<\/p>\n

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Umm isn’t Michigan’s unemployment rate over 14%?<\/em><\/p>\n

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Ralph Bach<\/a>\u00a0has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his\u00a0Bach Seat<\/a> about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. You can follow him on LinkedIn<\/a>,\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter<\/a>. Email the Bach Seat\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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