Big blow to Indian IT professionals as US President Donald Trump bans hiring H1-B visa holders for federal contracts
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Big blow to Indian IT professionals as US President Donald Trump bans hiring H1-B visa holders for federal contracts

In a significant disappointment for Indian IT professionals, US President Donald Trump on Monday (August 3) signed an government order banning federal businesses from hiring H1-B visa holders for federal contracts.

Earlier on June 23, President Trump had handed an order suspending the H-1B visas together with different sorts of international work visas till the top of 2020. The Trump administration had justified the transfer saying it was carried out to safeguard the American staff within the time of coornavirus COVID-19 pandemic. The new restrictions got here into impact from June 24.

The H1B visa is most sought-after amongst Indian IT professionals because it permits US corporations to rent foreigners for jobs which require theoretical or technical experience.

Speaking to mediapersons on Monday, Trump stated, “Today, I am signing an executive order to ensure that the Federal government lives by a very simple rule: Hire American”.

President Trump asserted that he won’t tolerate sacking of American staff within the pursuit of low-cost international labour.

“As we converse, we’re finalising the H-1B regulation in order that no American staff get replaced ever once more. H-1B needs to be used for high extremely paid expertise to create American jobs, not as cheap labour programmes and destroy American job,” stated Trump.

It is to be famous that the chair of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Skip Thompson has been fired by President trump for hiring international staff. Trump stated that he will even sack different board members of TVA in the event that they proceed to rent international staff. President Trump took the choice after TVA introduced that it will outsource 20% of its expertise jobs to corporations based mostly in international nations. 

Trump additionally ordered the TVA board to rent a brand new chief government officer who “puts the interests of Americans first.” According to Trump, the incumbent CEO Jeff Lyash earns $eight million a 12 months.

“The new CEO have to be paid not more than $500,000 a 12 months. We need the TVA to take motion on this instantly. … Let this function a warning to any federally appointed board: If you betray American staff, you’ll hear two phrases: ‘You’re fired,’ Trump stated. 

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