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H-1B Advisor

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Place of employment
This module will help you determine an H-1B worker's worksite, which affects many of your requirements.

Working conditions
This module will help you ensure that the employment of H-1B workers does not adversely affect the working conditions of similarly employed U.S. workers.

Strikes and lockouts
This module will explain the prohibitions against employing H-1B workers where there is a strike or lockout.

Portability
This module will help you determine when you become responsible for an H-1B worker previously sponsored by another H-1B employer.

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H-1B Advisor Glossary of Terms | Wage and Hour Division

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