Re:Laid-Off Americans, Required to Zip Lips on Way Out, Grow...
by sokoloff on Saturday June 11, 2016 @08:40PM
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Has anyone really faced trial for theft of a $1 candy bar? I'd imagine that turns out to be a ticket, a barring from that store, and on your way...
Re:Laid-Off Americans, Required to Zip Lips on Way Out, Grow...
by Clubber on Saturday June 11, 2016 @08:50PM
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Absolutely, happens all the time. If a company security team catches you, it's up to the company to press charges, but they can and they do. It includes arrest and trial. Here's an NPR story on it I found with Google.
http://www.npr.org/2012/11/15/165218744/busted-what-happens-...
Also, tech workers uses computers and do have free movement by remoting. Managers typically don't allow it. Economically, that's a heck of a lot of power.
Anyway, I'm pretty content with the current status of H1B in spirit. This company obviously didn't attempt to find domestic labor before using H1B, so they are in violation of the agreement. I think the employee(s) responsible should stand trial to see if the loopholes are indeed lawful. If not, I think they should be fined or imprisoned, whatever the law allows. I think they should lose all H1B privileges for 2 years and all of their current H1B's should be allowed to move to another US company. Non of that will never happen though.
It's only fair, you and I would face trial for shoplifting a $1 candy bar, something paid for by taxpayers that directly benefits corporations through determent, among other things.