US Labor dept finds no violations in visa case: Infosys

US govt had initiated investigation against Infosys, TCS for possible visa violations in June

Infosys on Tuesday said the US Department of Labor has found no violations in the company's practice of sending workers on H1-B visas to the United States. 

The US started investigations against Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in June after workers at electric utility Southern California Edison complained that they were training software engineers from India on H1-B visas, who will eventually replace them in the company. SCE also had said it would lay off 400 workers as part of the transition to outsource work to Infosys and TCS. 

"Infosys continues to actively recruit and hire talent in the US, but while there is a shortage of technology skills, Infosys is a responsible participant in the H-1B program. We do not practice or condone unfair or unethical H-1B visa practices. Our key priority is to operate fairly, ethically and with integrity, which is good business and what our clients expect" said Sandeep Dadlani, EVP and Head of Americas.

Infosys fully cooperated with the DOL in its investigation, and over 145 files were reviewed, with no violations found, the company said in a statement.

Indian IT services firms such as Infosys and TCS are the largest users of H1-B visas sending hundreds of engineers on projects at customer locations in the US.