By: Joseph Chua
The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division has released a fact sheet dated [August 2009] and titled, “Fact Sheet #62H: What are the rules concerning deductions from an H-1B worker’s pay?”. This fact sheet states which fees are and are not allowed to be deducted from an H-1B worker’s payroll.
The penalty for each violation may be a fine on the employer of $1,000, issuance of an administrative order requiring the return to the non-immigrant of any amount paid in violation of INA § 212(n)(2)(C)(vi)(I), or, if the non-immigrant cannot be located, issuance of an administrative order requiring payment of any such amount to the general fund of the Treasury. according to Act 212(n).
These such fees are the following:
Please visit the pertinent links below for the full text of the fact sheet.
https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/FactSheet62/whdfs62H.pdf
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