Infosys H1B: US court denies arbitration

A US court has denied arbitration in the visa case filed by employee Jack 'Jay' Palmer, against Indian software giant Infosys.

The plaintiff had alleged that Infosys was abusing H1B visa program. He had initially filed a whistle blower complaint and thereafter a case in a civil court in the US.

The judgment was delivered on late Wednesday in the US with the court ruling that there has to be clear and unmistakable intent from both sides to go through arbitration. And, in this case there was no such clear intent. The court also goes on to say that there is no reasonable justification for this lack of mutuality and that Infosys is in a better bargaining position as an employer.The court has denied Infosys to compel arbitration.

According to myvisajobs.com report, InfoSys filed 1058 labor condition applications for H1B Visa and 50 labor certifications for green card under PERM in fiscal year 2010.

http://www.myvisajobs.com/Visa-Sponsor/Infosys-Technologies/263060.htm

Microsoft, IBM and Infosys Technologies were the TOP 3 H1B Visa sponsors in fiscal year 2010.

http://www.myvisajobs.com/Reports/Top-Visa-Sponsor-2011.aspx