Staffing Firm Ordered to Pay $5.7 Million in Back Wages and Penalties for Immigration Violations

Computech, Inc. was ordered by the U.S. labor department to pay $4.5 million in back wages and $1.2 million in fines for willful violations. The company violated wage requirements for the H-1B visa program's and provided inaccurate information on its H-1B application materials in violation of immigration laws. A national staffing company Computech will pay the back wages to 232 non-immigrant computer professionals. The Company brought non-immigrant H-1B workers into the country, often paid them nothing when there were no work assignments available, and also did not pay them the required wage rate in the areas where they were employed.