Disney seeks dismissal of cheap labour suit

Washington

The former employee alleged the firm brought cheap foreign labour to the US on H-1B visas, mostly from India. “The Complaint (by a former Disney employee) contains not a single plausible allegation to bridge the gap between a common place commercial outsourcing arrangement and the knowing conspiracy to violate federal immigration law that Plaintiff asserts,” Disney said in its latest filing before a court in Florida in response to a class action lawsuit filed against it.

In his lawsuit, Leo Perrero alleged that Disney, his former employer, and HCL colluded with each other when telling the Department of Labour that the hiring of foreigners on visas would not adversely affect the working conditions of US workers. Perrero alleged that Disney employees were asked to train their replacements or lose severance. HCL too filed its response on Perrero’s lawsuit. Both HCL and Disney have sought dismissal of the lawsuit.