HCL Tech facing allegations of underpaying H-1B visa workers vs US employees

Shiv Nadar founded HCL Tech reportedly underpaid Indian employees in the US compared to their American counterparts. ET reports that as per internal documents the IT services firm paid H-1B visa workers lower wages versus the salaries of the US employees.

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Economic Policy Institute (EPI) said in a report, that HCL Tech underpaid H-1B visa holders by up to $95 million in the last few years. This is in violation of the H-1B program which requires that immigrant visa holders be paid at par with local US workers, in order to ensure that American jobs are not taken away by visa holders on lower wages.

Last year, HCL was ranked eighth in total H-1B approvals, with 1,405 new visas and 2,801 visa renewals.
But HCL Tech is not the lone offender says EPI as it states that Oracle experts with H-1B visas are paid $55,000 less than US workers.