Gap says probed child labor allegation at India facility
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GAP Inc said on Sunday it launched an investigation after it was told earlier this week about an allegation of child labor at a factory in India that was working on one product for GapKids.
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British police are investigating the circumstances around which a money-transfer company used by members of the Bangladeshi community in London collapsed, a spokeswoman confirmed Monday.
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Visiting Indian delegation gets earful from U.S. workers dislocated by outsourcing.
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Prosecutors said Thursday they are investigating allegations that workers at a central Russian hospital taped infants' mouths shut to keep them from crying, in a scandal that has sparked widespread outrage.
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Police probing the alleged theft of source code at Jolly Technologies' development center in Mumbai are questioning aspects of the security incursion and said the company's president hasn't cooperated with their investigation.
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The Delhi Transport Department is examining the details provided in the application.
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The United Nations is investigating  allegations that Indian peacekeepers in Congo traded food and  even military intelligence with Rwandan Hutu rebels in return  for gold, U.N. officials said on Friday.
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Police were sent to 22 Texas Youth Commission facilities and the agency headquarters Tuesday to investigate claims that young inmates were sexually abused and that agency officials covered it up.
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BANGALORE, INDIA -- Police officials investigating the alleged theft of source code at Jolly Technologies' Mumbai development center are questioning aspects of the security incursion reported by the company.
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The Securities and Exchange Board of India will examine the legal aspects of alleged insider and unfair trading practices in Reliance Industries&#39; scrip in the wake of RIL vice-chairman and managing director Anil Ambani&#39;s comments before the company&#39;s
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HYDERABAD, India  - Investigators pursued leads on Monday from materials used to make bombs that killed 40 people in a southern Indian city, as a strike called by Hindu nationalists to protest against the attacks shut shops and schools.
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A Chinese company making products for the Beijing Olympics admits using child workers, despite initial denials.
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(InfoWorld) - India's chief outsourcing association has admitted there may be instances of U.S.Â visa abuse by Indian companies, but said the problems are confined to "small, fly-by-night operators." Most of the Indian companies that sponsor large numbers of U.S. visas are "publicly listed and ethically managed," the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) said on Thursday. Any abuse of U.S. visas at such companies would tend to be less than at smaller operations, it added. However, NASSCOM admitted in its statement that small companies are "an area that may need more attention." The association's comments come after further allegations of U.S. visa abuse by two U.S. senators this week. Following their complaints last month aboutÂ alleged misuse of H-1B visas by Indian outsourcers, U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa, and Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois, this weekÂ questioned the use of large numbers of L visasÂ by Indian outsourcers. Information from the U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS) indicated that the companies using the most H-1B visas are the same firms that use the most L visas, the senators said. That made them suspect that companies are using L visas to circumvent worker protections required under the H-1B program. The allegations come as the U.S. Senate attempts to revive an immigration reform bill which includes a provision for increasing the number of H-1B visas available. Earlier this month, Patni Computer SystemsÂ reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor to pay back-wages to employees brought to the U.S. under the H-1B visa program, who then worked at lower salaries than U.S. workers would get for similar work. Patni is among the top 10 users of H-1B and L-1 visas from India. The senators wrote letters toÂ nine Indian companiesÂ in May, asking them for details on their use of H-1B visas. Among the companies were top Indian outsourcers including Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys Technologies, and Wipro. The nine companies together account for close to 20,000 visas, the senators said. Companies appear to be increasingly using H-1B visas to displace qualified American workers, Grassley said in May. India's Minister for Commerce and Industry Kamal Nath warned at the time that the complaints could have repercussions at the ongoing World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations, since the issue of work permits is a trade issue. Those negotiations fell through this month, not due to work permits but on account of differences over subsidies and tariffs on agriculture products. NASSCOM replied to the two senators in May but has yet to receive any acknowledgement, the association said on Thursday. It said it looks forward to a positive engagement that will address the politicians' concerns withoutÂ disrupting the growing two-way tradeÂ between India and the U.S. The H-1B visa is an employer-sponsored, non-immigrant visa that allows a foreign worker to come to the U.S. temporarily to perform services in a specialty occupation. The L-1 visa, a popular type of L visa, is a non-immigrant visa that allows companies in the U.S. or abroad to transfer certain classes of employee from their foreign operations to a U.S. operation. L visas are designed to give multinational companies the freedom to transfer managers and specialists within the company to their U.S. offices, Durbin said on Tuesday. But some of these companies have hundreds, and, in some cases, thousands of L visa workers, he said. "I find it hard to believe that any one company has that many individuals that are legitimately being transferred within a single year," Durbin said. "I find it even harder to believe that these L visas are being used appropriately when many of the same companies are some of the largest employers of H1-B workers." TCS of Mumbai was the largest user of L visas in 2006, with 4,887, according to a list of the top 20 L users posted by the two senators on their Web sites Tuesday. The list also includes the names of multinational companies such as IBM and Intel. Â
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Railway officials say a train collision in northern India that killed at least 37 people apparently was caused by a communications lapse between stations, and that the two stationmasters face criminal charges in the disaster.
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A protracted dispute over undefined borders and trade gap will be the focus of a three-day state visit to China by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, officials said.
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Low-cost British clothing retailer Asda, owned by US giant Wal-Mart, has launched an investigation into allegations that its production facilities in Bangladesh were abusing the rights of their workers, The Guardian reported on Monday.
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Chinese investigators said that a stationery company accused of using child labor to produce merchandise for next year's Olympics had illegally employed children, but not to make Olympic products, state media reported.