[jdcryans]

> I think it's more likely they didn't understand the law fully rather than malicious intent. The workers were after-all, temporary and were not going to be staying in the US permanently.

Oh yeah, we agree there, what I meant is that of all the times companies brought over employees here to work for some time, this time it so happened that their salary was below the minimum. If they were bringing over people from, say, Canada or Germany, they'd probably be paid way above the minimum.

[Alupis]

While that may be true, both Canadian Dollars and German (Well, EU) Euros both have a lot more buying power than the Rupee, and are more in-line with the Dollar. 1 Euro as of today is $1.26 USD. So someone getting paid 25 Euros an hour in Germany will get $31.50 USD per hour here.

In India, some googling of job postings has led me to believe the average software engineer makes about 500,000 Rupees a year. That's only $8,173 USD a year. (A nice 2 bedroom apartment is about $80-$90 USD a month in India)

Economies are totally different, which is why there appears to be a large gap in compensation.

[rtx]

A livable 2bhk will cost you around $280 dollars. However if you want to buy it will cost you north $100,000.

[Alupis]

Your price seem to be more in-line with a 3 bedroom apartment (although admittedly I was a little soft in my numbers)

http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/country_result.jsp?coun...