H-1B Visa terms starting with S

13 terms

  1. Secondary displacement Secondary displacement is a prohibition against the placement of an H-1B (excluding H-1B1 or E-3) nonimmigrant with another/secondary employer where there…
  2. Secondary employer Secondary employer is a business where an H-1B worker is sent to work by the employer who is the sponsor of the H-1B visa.
  3. Secretary Secretary means the Secretary of Labor or the Secretary's designee.
  4. Short-term placement Short-term placement allows an H-1B nonimmigrant to work at any worksite(s) in an area of employment not listed on the employer's approved LCA(s) provided…
  5. Similarly employed Similarly employed means having substancially comparable jobs in the occupational classification in the area of intended employment.
  6. Snap-shot Snap-shot method of determining dependency permits an employer to calculate dependency based upon full-time employees, without consideration for part-time…
  7. Specialty occupation Specialty occupation means an occupation that requires theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialized knowledge, and attainment of…
  8. Specific employment in question Specific employment in question means the set of duties and responsibilities performed or to be performed by the H-1B nonimmigrant at the place of…
  9. State State means one of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
  10. State Employment Security Agency (SESA) State Employment Security Agency (SESA) means the State agency designated under section 4 of the Wagner-Peyser Act to cooperate with OWS in the operation…
  11. State Workforce Agency (SWA) State Workforce Agency (SWA) means the State agency designated under section 4 of the Wagner-Peyser Act to cooperate with OWS in the operation of the…
  12. Strike Strike means a labor dispute wherein employees engage in a concerted stoppage of work (including stoppage by reason of the expiration of a collective…
  13. Super penalty Super penalty is a civil money penalty (CMP) not to exceed $35,000 accompanied by debarment not to exceed three years as a result of any H-1B employer…