Company Liable to Terminated H-1B Employee for Failure to Offer Reasonable Cost of Return Trip Home | Practical Law

Company Liable to Terminated H-1B Employee for Failure to Offer Reasonable Cost of Return Trip Home | Practical Law

In Limanseto v. Ganze & Company, the DOL held that an employer has to pay back wages to a former H-1B employee because it did not terminate the employee according to the requirements of the H-1B program. Specifically, the employer never offered to pay the cost of the employee's return trip. 

Company Liable to Terminated H-1B Employee for Failure to Offer Reasonable Cost of Return Trip Home

by PLC Labor & Employment
Published on 19 Aug 2011 • USA (National/Federal)
In Limanseto v. Ganze & Company, the DOL held that an employer has to pay back wages to a former H-1B employee because it did not terminate the employee according to the requirements of the H-1B program. Specifically, the employer never offered to pay the cost of the employee's return trip.