| Title | Justice Department Accuses Facebook of Discriminating Against U.S. Workers | |
| Date | Friday December 04 2020, @08:15AM | |
| Author | Fnord666 | |
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| from the dept. | ||
Justice Department accuses Facebook of discriminating against U.S. workers:
The Justice Department said that Facebook had "refused" to recruit, consider or hire qualified U.S. workers for more than 2,600 jobs that in many cases paid an average salary of $156,000 a year.
Instead, it opted to fill the positions using temporary visa holders, such as those with H-1B visas, the department added.
"Facebook intentionally created a hiring system in which it denied qualified U.S. workers a fair opportunity to learn about and apply for jobs," the Justice Department said. The social media company instead sought to channel such jobs to temporary visa holders it wanted to sponsor for green cards or permanent residency, it added.
Company spokesman Daniel Roberts said: "Facebook has been cooperating with the DOJ in its review of this issue and while we dispute the allegations in the complaint, we cannot comment further on pending litigation."
H-1B visas are often used by the technology sector to bring highly skilled foreign guest workers to the United States. But critics say the laws governing these visas are lax, and make it too easy to replace U.S. workers with cheaper, foreign labor.
Also at:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/dec/03/facebook-h1b-visa-jobs-trump-department-of-justice
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/03/facebook-doj-immigration-lawsuit/
https://www.engadget.com/justice-department-sues-facebook-h1b-visas-205126525.html
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-doj-suing-facebook-hiring-foreign-workers-h1b-2020-12
https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/doj-sues-facebook-discriminating-against-us-workers-reserving-jobs-h1-b-workers
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2020/12/3/trump-administration-accuses-facebook-of-exploiting-h1-b-visas
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-lawsuit-against-facebook-discriminating-against-us-workers
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