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H-1B legislation to watch - What it's really about

Both L-1 and H-1B visa law changes could impact SIs, outsourcers and more Dick Durbin is one-half of the Durbin-Grassley senatorial duo that is proposing new legislation re: H-1B and L-1 visas. Lately, a number of publications have opined about the latest proposed legislation and its impact...

Tags: Legislation, Worker, Dick Durbin, DOL, Enforcement Issue, H-1B, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-06-05

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H-1B legislation to watch - What it's really about

H-1B legislation to watch - What it's really aboutDICK DURBINYou link to his page right in that top paragraph... yet you still can't get his name right?RE: H-1B legislation to watch - What it's really aboutThere are thousands of highly skilled Americans that are unemployed that are willing to take...

Tags: Obama, H-1B, H-1B legislation, worker

Discussion threads 2009-06-05

H-1B visas rife with fraud, worker mistreatment

Thirteen percent of petitions for H-1B visas filed on behalf of employers are fraudulent. That's the conclusion of a report by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency, part of the Department of Homeland Security, BusinessWeek reports. A key part of the fraud is loopholes that allow...

Tags: Visa, Loophole, Worker, Fraud, H-1B, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-09

On eve of Olympics, Internet companies agree to code of conduct

Internet companies have reached agreement on a voluntary code of conduct for doing business in China and other repressive countries, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced yesterday. “I commend Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft, and other participants for agreeing on the principles of an internet freedom code of conduct,�...

Tags: Google Inc., Censorship, Yahoo! Inc., Agreement, Code Of Conduct, Internet, Policies And Procedures, Human Resources, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-05

Senate hearing refocuses on China

Well it's not nice to pick on China these days, what with the earthquake and all. But that didn't stop Dick Durbin from picking on Google, Cisco and Yahoo about their business dealings in China, as Anne Broache reports on News.com. In interesting part, the hearing focused...

Tags: China, Cisco Systems Inc., U.S. Senate, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-05-21

RIAA willing to take its lumps in filesharing fight

News.com's Greg Sandoval took a look at the filesharing case against Jammie Thomas from the perspective of the RIAA. Sandoval points out that nothing makes a huge dinosaur industry look worse than slapping a Native American woman making $36,000 with a $200,000 fine for making 24 songs available online, quite...

Tags: Record Company, RIAA, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-10-09

Music, video phones may ride iPhone wave

Music, video phones may ride iPhone waveMusic, video phones may ride iPhone waveI'll stick with my $100 phone that does most of what the iPhone will be doing. Email, texting, music, video, applications, web browsing, qwerty keyboard? Check! All this at 1/5th the price.DuhMonkey see, monkey do. ...

Tags: Corporate communications, Telecom & Utilities, Digital music, Outsourcing, Digital media, Mac Zealots, Apple iPhone, U.S. Citizen, phone, U.S. Job, H-1B, iPhone wave, Music Video, video

Discussion threads 2007-05-18

Microsoft gets into the game; buys aQuantive for $6 billion

Microsoft gets into the game; buys aQuantive for $6 billionSo Microsoft Claimed $3.1 Billion Was Too MuchSo instead they plunk down over $6 billion for this company.Yeah, I can see the logic there.M$ is burning money fast!The faster it burns it's loot the better.Do I smellM$ INNOVATION at work?Shrewd move,...

Tags: game, ABM'ers, aQuantive Inc., Microsoft Corp., advertisement, U.S. Citizen, U.S. Job, H-1B

Discussion threads 2007-05-18

H-1B reform bill may push more work offshore

On paper a bipartisan Senate bill to crack down on H-1B visa abuses doesnt look half bad. Why shouldnt American workers get priority for technology jobs? The reality is going to be quite different. In fact, dont be surprised...

Tags: Legal, IT Management, Government, General

Blog posts 2007-04-03