U.S. employers are increasingly turning to remote hiring of international workers to bypass the complexities and costs of the H-1B visa program. The trend highlights the limitations of existing visa programs and the challenges they pose for businesses seeking foreign talent.
While Elon Musk, Senator Bernie Sanders and seemingly most of the internet have been arguing about the H-1B visa program, which allows college-educated people from other countries to immigrate to the United States for work, with the original goal of filling key talent needs, U.S. employers are pursuing different paths. Many have started hiring remote employees based in other countries to bypass the process.
The severity of this talent need for major employers has come into question as of late, especially as many of the companies who have the highest volume of H-1B visa petition approvals also conducted layoffs over the last two years, according to the EPI report.'If we have high employment and low unemployment rates, then you will typically see a higher demand for these H-1B workers,' Walker said.The AlternativesSo where does this leave all of the other employers, the 99.
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