NASSCOM denies charges |
The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) has dismissed charges leveled by an IT whistleblower from USA that Indian IT workers on H-1B visas are treated like indentured servants. Jack B Palmer had won a case in the US against Indian IT major Infosys. Palmer said Indian H-1B visa workers have `minimal skills and little business sense:. NASSCOM said the US government recognized the innovation and competitiveness of the H1-B workers. R Chandrashekhar, President, NASSCOM, said Indian companies and their employees working in the US are deeply committed to the US marketplace and are important contributors in their local communities as well as the country as a whole. The recently released US labor statistics highlighted that there was a need for the skills that Indian professionals possess and that the unemployment rate in this sector is around 3 percent. Meanwhile, the US Chamber of Commerce has rallied behind Indian IT firms in endorsing H-1B workers saying they represent Indian talent and cost-effectiveness that translates into profits for America. The chamber has rooted for an expanded H-1B visa program in a presentation to a senate committee that held a hearing earlier this week in Washington on high-skilled immigration.
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