H1b employment & Prevailing wage

Anonymous Jun 26, 2013 3 views 1 answers

I am on h1b and I recently separated from my employer.My question is the employer bound to pay agreed salary as per the agreement or if there is loss to the company then he only has to pay the bare minimum prevailing wages...???

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Michael Kirschbaum

Michael Kirschbaum · Jun 15, 2026

Your employer should pay you what it agreed to pay you and what it reported to the government it would be paying you so you would qualify as an HB1 employee. Loss of business or revenue is no excuse to fail to live up to its legal obligations.

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