IT firm asked to pay â¹2.2 crore to underpaid H-1B employees
A US-based IT staffing company has been ordered to pay its 12 H-1B employees over $309,000 (â¹2.22 crore) in back wages. People Tech Group, which has offices in Bengaluru and Hyderabad, violated the labour provisions of the H-1B visa programme by paying its guest workers below the required wages. The firm was also fined over $45,500 for violating labour provisions.