You're missing the part where the employer is required to:
- Post representative salary data, including the last few (5?) hires to this position.
- Publish the job position locally, so it can be filled by local workers preferentially, and then only by H1B if unfilled.
- Ensure the worker is initially paid a salary similar to other existing hires in that position.
I don't understand how people make the leap that H1B is used to lower wages. It's an awfully complex, risky and inefficient way to suppress wages. You would need to lie about "prevailing wages" in order for this scheme to work, which is illegal and would put you and your company into deep trouble.
- Post representative salary data, including the last few (5?) hires to this position.
- Publish the job position locally, so it can be filled by local workers preferentially, and then only by H1B if unfilled.
- Ensure the worker is initially paid a salary similar to other existing hires in that position.
I don't understand how people make the leap that H1B is used to lower wages. It's an awfully complex, risky and inefficient way to suppress wages. You would need to lie about "prevailing wages" in order for this scheme to work, which is illegal and would put you and your company into deep trouble.