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Re:In Turnabout, Disney Cancels Tech Worker Layoffs by danmaz74 on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @05:39AM (#9730786)
A simple enough solution is to require H-1B to be given only if the salary is X% above the industry average for the position. Then companies will only use them for people whose skills are actually difficult to find in the USA.

Edit: wording

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Re:In Turnabout, Disney Cancels Tech Worker Layoffs by dagw on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @05:43AM (#9730793)
That would just lead to employers redefining which "industry" a particular position is in.
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Re:In Turnabout, Disney Cancels Tech Worker Layoffs by danmaz74 on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @05:55AM (#9730827)
It's the whole company that operates in a given industry, not the particular position. If you're a software consulting company, you can't say you want a visa for a farming position...
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Re:In Turnabout, Disney Cancels Tech Worker Layoffs by jklein11 on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @10:23AM (#9731920)
But you could create a "farming division" which then loans that employee to the software consulting division :)
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Re:In Turnabout, Disney Cancels Tech Worker Layoffs by dagw on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @10:32AM (#9731977)
Very few companies operate only within one industry
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