Cornelia Posted February 3, 2020 Report Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) My H1B was valid till November 2019. In February 2019 I verbally was told by the coordinator (not by my boss) that I am laid off effective immediately. I never received an official termination letter or email. My employer did not withdraw my LCA with USCIS, neither did they inform USCIS. I was told that I am eligible to apply for jobs in other departments (rehire). But after getting a verbal job offer from other departments (subject to HR approval) they made it technically impossible for me to get these jobs. The employer did not offer to pay for a return ticket on or after my last day of employment. Even though, as I noticed several months later, it is written in my petition letter “Should temporary employment be involuntary terminated, we guarantee the cost of return airfare to my home country.” 1) Is my employer liable for back wages?2) Would back wages bring me back in-status till November? Edited February 3, 2020 by Cornelia Quote Link to comment
gopalakrishnach Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 Contact a labour lawyer... Quote Link to comment
User099 Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 You definitely qualify for a reembesment of your return flight charges. But I don't know if you will qualify for back wages. Did you leave the country or more to a new job in US? Quote Link to comment
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