Google leads U.S. business push to preserve work permits for H-1B spouses
2 min readAlphabet Inc’s Google said on Friday it was leading around 30 organizations and trade groups in opposing a lawsuit. That looks to stop over 90,000 H-1B spouses of highly skilled U.S. visa workers from having jobs in the country.
The company’s fight fixing employment authorization for spouses would cause financial havoc for families. Because most made life decisions, for example, having children or purchasing homes dependent on the assumption for two wages.
A federal judge in Washington is expected to decide in the coming months on the claim challenging the work permits attached to H-4 visas. Which are given to spouses of H-1B visa holders in high-skills jobs in tech and different industries.
Google vice president of legal Catherine Lacavera said in a blog that the organization had led an amicus brief for the situation.
Google favors preserving work permit for H-1B Spouses
Save Jobs USA, a group of IT workers who say they lost jobs to visa workers, files the claim in 2015. It was delayed as President Donald Trump’s government considered revoking the H-4 work rule. Yet, the ax never came, and both the plaintiffs and President Joe Biden’s government now are seeking summary judgment.
After hearing employees’ concerns about the uncertainty of the work program. Moreover, lawyers for Google reached trade bodies including the Information Technology Industry Council, and together recruited Amazon.com Inc, Microsoft Corp, Pinterest Inc, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and different companies to sign onto the filing, two sources familiar with the conversations said.
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A smaller group of organizations including Google last month filed an amicus brief supporting a different case. That looks for an order pushing the government to speed its processing of the work permits.
Also, businesses in continuous litigation are fighting rules Trump imposed requiring higher wages for H-1B holders. Furthermore prioritizing workers with higher pay for the visas.