Eight Indian workers are underpaid by by a silicon valley company(Electronics for Imaging)
Labour regulators found eight workers brought form india are underpaid and
overworked by a silicon valley companey(Electronics for Imaging).In this issue company is payiny
more than $43,000 in backwages and penalties.
While assigning to the special project in silicon company
indian workers are worked approximately 122 hours in a week.
Means 17 hours approx. in a day without being paid overtime.
As result,they received only $1.21 per hour in a week.
Electronics for Imaging,Inc.(EFI) is an international company based in
Silicon valley says this matter is accidentally overlookedand
US laws require foreign workers to be paid least wage and with
overtime for more than 40 weekly hours on the job.The Workers are paid
same wages they normally received in their jobs in bangalore,delhi or noida
The workers were even paid in rupees while in the US.Michael Eastwood,
a department of labour assistant district director,said the abuses at
a silicon valley companey(Electronics for Imaging)were among the most outrageous he had ever seen
This incident serve as a remainder of economic divide between high-tech workforces
in the us and less-developed countries(india).While engineers and other technology are paid more than $100,000
salaries and lucrative stock incentives,workers handling other jobs for the same employer
often receive paltry pay if they are from India,china and Mexico.
Electronics for Imaging paying $43,000 in back wages to the Indian Workers and $3520 as a fine.
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overworked by a silicon valley companey(Electronics for Imaging).In this issue company is payiny
more than $43,000 in backwages and penalties.
While assigning to the special project in silicon company
indian workers are worked approximately 122 hours in a week.
Means 17 hours approx. in a day without being paid overtime.
As result,they received only $1.21 per hour in a week.
Electronics for Imaging,Inc.(EFI) is an international company based in
Silicon valley says this matter is accidentally overlookedand
US laws require foreign workers to be paid least wage and with
overtime for more than 40 weekly hours on the job.The Workers are paid
same wages they normally received in their jobs in bangalore,delhi or noida
The workers were even paid in rupees while in the US.Michael Eastwood,
a department of labour assistant district director,said the abuses at
a silicon valley companey(Electronics for Imaging)were among the most outrageous he had ever seen
This incident serve as a remainder of economic divide between high-tech workforces
in the us and less-developed countries(india).While engineers and other technology are paid more than $100,000
salaries and lucrative stock incentives,workers handling other jobs for the same employer
often receive paltry pay if they are from India,china and Mexico.
Electronics for Imaging paying $43,000 in back wages to the Indian Workers and $3520 as a fine.
click here to know about us
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