Anonymous writes "The Boston Globe reports here
that Sun is being sued by an ex-employee who charges that Sun is replacing fired employees, with lower-paid engineers in the U.S. on H1-B visas. Since these visas are only supposed to be given to workers who fill jobs that cannot be filled with American-national employees, such behavior would be a serious no-no.
Of course, because the H1-B program locks visa-holders into job classifications and employers, they're entirely dependent on their employer-sponsors when it comes to staying in the U.S. This dependence, as has been repeatedly noted, gives them less bargaining power in negotiating their wages, leading to lower salaries . . . and thus, in part, to companies' desire to hire H1-B visa-holders in place of nationals.
Sun has successfully defended itself against similar suits several times before."