HoneBEmployee Posted October 17, 2023 Report Share Posted October 17, 2023 (edited) I am on H1B and as per i-94 I landed in the US in Jan 2023 but my employer didn't pay me as per LCA for 2.5 months and said once I get the project I will get paid and says that this is how we work as federal contractors and it's legal so I couldn't say much and get the project and start getting paid from Mid of April because I got the contract on April so they also got my sign on a new employment letter that states my started date from April, at that time I couldn't refuse to sign because I need to feed my Family of four. Also, we didn't get any medical insurance throughout my employment tenure. While I was switching to new employer B, Employer A started threatening me and in my last pay stubs, they didn't even pay me half the amount and said they charged the rent of his guest house (Although there is no agreement signed for this). During my resignation, I told them that I wanted to leave on good terms so that my transition would go smoothly but I don't know why they are not stopping. Before moving to their guest house in MD, I was staying with family at one of my family friends' house in NJ for two weeks during this stay my employer A shipped a brand new laptop which was directly shipped from the store to my NJ location and Before returning I tried to return it as it comes to me and for that I did the factory reset because I never work on his machine so there could be no employer data in my laptop and all was my personal stuff and they now started to create this issue and threatening me that I did this violation. Please help me what should I do? Edited October 17, 2023 by HoneBEmployee Quote Link to comment
Zodiac System Posted October 18, 2023 Report Share Posted October 18, 2023 (edited) Please contact an immigration attorney for help because an employer has to pay you LCA wages as determined by the Govt. Generally, every employer (who is also a businessman), invests thousands of dollars on the recruitment of an H1b employee, hoping to recover it in 2-3 years. Edited October 18, 2023 by Zodiac System Quote Link to comment
JoeF Posted October 18, 2023 Report Share Posted October 18, 2023 File a complaint with DOL on form WH4. Quote Link to comment
HoneBEmployee Posted October 20, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2023 I recently moved to US I am not sure If I can afford an attorney. Quote Link to comment
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