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Bengaluru : Indian software majors Infosys Ltd and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) on Tuesday said that the US labour department did not find any violation of visa rules by them, reports IANS.
“The US department of labor concluded its investigation, with no violations of compliance found in the applications filed in the Southern California Edison project,” the $8.7-billion Infosys firm said. Similarly, TCS said audits by the US labor department from time to time found it had always been compliant.
“We attach highest importance to a strict compliance programme and abides by all regulatory requirements and visa laws,” a TCS spokesperson said from Mumbai. In all, the department reviewed 145 files and found no violations by Infosys or TCS.
“We are a responsible participant in the H-1B programme and do not practice or condone unfair and unethical visa practices, as our priority is to operate fairly, ethically and with integrity,” Infosys’ Americas head Sandeep Dadlani said.
The city-based IT outsourcing major also said that it was recruiting and hiring in the US, which was facing shortage of technology skills.
The labour department in June opened the investigation against TCS and Infosys for possible violations of visa rules for foreign technology workers under contracts they held with electric utility Southern California Edison. The power utility had laid-off about 500 tech workers amid claims that many of them were made to train their replacements who were immigrants on temporary work visas brought in by the Indian IT firms.
