Not going to take a side on the politics but I think every CEO would like clarity on what the rules are. Is the policy not to higher H1B workers for public entities? Let the government issue a clear policy and then hold people accountable. It would be tough to run an organization and have to guess at what is not countenanced.
Considering that part of the TVA's original purpose was to provide jobs for American workers during the Great Depression, "don't hire H1Bs or send jobs overseas" actually seems like a reasonable stipulation.
It seems like this is a government owned corporation, so most private sector CEOs don't need to worry about this.
If you're a CEO of a government owned corporation, it seems like it has become a good idea to go out of your way to either a) hire local workers, or b) make sure you have a paper trail to prove you really needed those contractors for a reason other than cost savings.
Or is the policy different depending on the political winds?
Two very different issues. If the policy is one way for one administration, and different for another, you're still in trouble. In fact, the policy can be one way for an administration, and then an election comes up and that administration needs some political points.
Well, if and when a new administration comes in, they can announce the new policy and then you have to abide by it. The new administration ought not to be able to punish you for the old policy.
My whole argument is premised on what ought to be. I don't disagree with you on what the case may actually be.
It looks like Trump was attempting to do with the order that came along with this news.
> The executive order, Hira said, appears to provide “a way to ensure that ‘secondary employers’ — outsourcers — adhere to the H-1B attestations as though they are direct employers of the client.”
> Such a change, if enforced, should prevent abuses such as those reported at Southern California Edison and Disney, where workers allegedly had to train their own H-1B replacements, Hira said.
