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October 24, 2014

U.S. tech firm fined for paying Indian workers $1.21 an hour

  • Electronics for Imaging Inc., a California printing technology firm, generated revenue of $728 million last year.
    • By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
    AP Technology Writer

    SAN FRANCISCO — A Silicon Valley company is paying more than $43,000 in back wages and penalties after labor regulators found eight employees brought from India were grossly underpaid and overworked while assigned to a special project in the U.S.

    The probe announced this week by the U.S Department of Labor uncovered several egregious violations at Electronics for Imaging Inc., a printing technology specialist that generated revenue of $728 million last year, when the misconduct occurred.


     
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