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Disney sued for replacing American workewith foreignersby Sara Ashley OBrien saraashleyo

January 26 2016 958 AM ET

Disney just got hit with two class-action suits

Leo Perrero and Dena Moore say they were illegally replaced by foreign workers Both were laido from their IT jobs at Walt Disney World in Orlando in January 2015

They were told they had 90 days to train their replacements Foreigners on H-1B visas the mostcommon visa for high-skilled foreign workers If they didnt agree they werent eligible forbonuses or severance packages

Perrero and Moore werent the only ones in this situation Up to 300 workers also lost their jobs

The lawsuits filed in a Tampa federal court Monday charge Disney and two global consultingcompanies HCL and Cognizant for colluding to break the law

Both HCL and Cognizant are outsourcing companies known for submitting a high volume of H-1B petitions each year By law H-1B workers cant replace American workers and the suitalleges that thats exactly what the three companies did

Related High-skilled visa applications hit record high

The lawsuits were brought by attorney Sara Blackwell who also brought the Equal EmploymentOpportunity Commission filings on behalf of former Disney workers

Blackwell said Disney is not the only company using outsourcing firms to hire immigrants toreplace American workers

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But theyre one of the first to be caught Typically companies require employees to sign aseverance agreement preventing them from suing or speaking out about the firm She saidsome companies will oer as much as $20000

Disney didnt have that They failed to put the You cant sue you cant talk clause Blackwelltold CNNMoney

Blackwell said it makes these two complaints especially significant

We want to show America that this is whats happening right under your nose addedBlackwell

She said Disney opened up 100 jobs and told the laid-o employees they could apply for themBut Perrero was told by former and current Disney workers that he wouldnt be able to work atDisney for at least a year -- if ever Others were told they had to wait one year before they couldwork at the company according to the suits

Moore applied to several jobs at the company interviewed for them and was told that the jobswere only for H-1B holders or foreigners

Its important to note that there are strict quotas of H-1Bs every year As outsourcing companiessnatch up visas it takes away opportunities from other firms that really do need the expertise offoreign tech workers in their companies

For its part Disney said its done nothing wrong

These lawsuits are based on an unsustainable legal theory and are a wholesalemisrepresentation of the facts said Disney ( ) in a statement Contrary to reports Ms Moorewas oered another position in the company at comparable pay and more than 100 of theworkers aected by the changes were rehired

The news of the lawsuits was first reported by The New York Times on Monday

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But theyre one of the first to be caught Typically companies require employees to sign aseverance agreement preventing them from suing or speaking out about the firm She saidsome companies will oer as much as $20000

Disney didnt have that They failed to put the You cant sue you cant talk clause Blackwelltold CNNMoney

Blackwell said it makes these two complaints especially significant

We want to show America that this is whats happening right under your nose addedBlackwell

She said Disney opened up 100 jobs and told the laid-o employees they could apply for themBut Perrero was told by former and current Disney workers that he wouldnt be able to work atDisney for at least a year -- if ever Others were told they had to wait one year before they couldwork at the company according to the suits

Moore applied to several jobs at the company interviewed for them and was told that the jobswere only for H-1B holders or foreigners

Its important to note that there are strict quotas of H-1Bs every year As outsourcing companiessnatch up visas it takes away opportunities from other firms that really do need the expertise offoreign tech workers in their companies

For its part Disney said its done nothing wrong

These lawsuits are based on an unsustainable legal theory and are a wholesalemisrepresentation of the facts said Disney ( ) in a statement Contrary to reports Ms Moorewas oered another position in the company at comparable pay and more than 100 of theworkers aected by the changes were rehired

The news of the lawsuits was first reported by The New York Times on Monday

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