Newark-based firm charged with violating immigration laws

NEWARK: A Newark-based computer consulting company has agreed to pay more than $765,00 in back wages and penalties to workers for violating provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the U.S. Labor Department announced today.

The company, Peri Software Solutions Inc. and its owner, Saravanan Periasamy, sponsored foreign workers to work as programmer analysts across the country under a visa program known as H-1B. Companies can hire temporary workers with these visas for professional jobs and must pay the same wages as U.S. workers who perform the same type of work.But the labor department charged Peri Software Solutions with improperly compensating these employees and not providing the appropriate labor condition applications in their offices.

Periasamy said his company has hired new legal counsel and hiring managers for immigration issues and will inspect and audit its case files quarterly to ensure it is in line with current immigration laws."Peri is committed to exceeding whatever it takes to ensure that we are in full compliance," Periasamy said in a statement. He also said the firm will launch a training program in an effort to boost the number of American employees at the company.

"As we move forward, Peri plans to develop new partnerships with the goal of creating more jobs and hiring more American workers," he said.The firm will pay nearly $640,000 in back wages and interest for 67 employees under this program, according to the labor department. The company must also pay nearly $127,000 in penalties for failing to provide notice of the filing of labor condition applications in the offices where the employees worked, according to the labor department. Peri Software is also prohibited from participating in the H-1B program for one year.

At Nachman & Associates, P.C. our immigration lawyers have been involved in a large number of DOL and I-9 audits over the last few years. We help companies comply with DOL and I-9 regulations by reviewing their procedures and by conducting internal audits. We also represent businesses involved in ICE and DOL worksite enforcement investigations and raids.

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