H1B Labor Integrity
Wage theft, benching, and body-shop fraud are payment-integrity violations.
Almost every major H1B fraud pattern is a payment-integrity violation at its core. Wage theft via LCA violation, benching, illegal kickbacks, location arbitrage, and body-shop arrangements all leave detectable patterns in payroll and payment data when correlated against immigration filings.
JIL is not an immigration law firm, not a payroll provider, not an HR platform. It is a payment-integrity layer that detects and proves wage, classification, and program-compliance violations - operating from either employer-side payroll integration or worker-side document upload, with strict consent isolation between the two.
H1B Labor Integrity at a glance.
Where the integrity layer sits, what it produces, and how the sealed CREB flows back to the buyer's existing systems.
Where this product earns its place.
The strategic case for H1B Labor as a JIL line of business - what makes the wedge defensible, what makes it economically meaningful, and how it compounds with the rest of the platform.
Same five questions, employment-shaped
The healthcare 148-check framework asks: did the payment match the documented service, did the provider exist with proper credentials, was the amount appropriate, were there duplicates, were the parties legitimate. H1B fraud is the same five questions translated to employment.
Federal slow lane, commercial fast lane
Federal enforcement (DOL Wage and Hour, USCIS FDNS, ICE HSI, DOJ) on the 18-24 month procurement gate. Commercial (large-tech compliance teams, plaintiff-side firms, E&O carriers, HR-tech platforms) on the 60-120 day path.
Protects workers, not enforces immigration
The work protects H1B workers from exploitation by abusive employers - DOL Wage and Hour back-wage recovery on behalf of legitimately-employed workers. Framing matters and avoids the tensions of broader immigration enforcement.
ADP, Workday, Rippling distribution
ADP, Paychex, Workday, Rippling, and Gusto all have customer bases that include H1B sponsors. A payroll-integrated compliance product creates an unusual distribution channel with recurring economics.
Net-new checks, sealed evidence.
A representative slice of the H1B Labor-specific check pack. Each one runs in the same five-stage pipeline as the rest of the platform - intake, profile load, parallel checks, verdict, sealed CREB - and ships with a 14-of-20 BFT signature, a CourtChain L1 anchor, and a reproducibility manifest pinning the exact check-logic version.
LCA-vs-W2 Wage Delta
Annualized actual wage from W-2 and pay-period data versus LCA-promised wage. Accounts only for legitimate deductions. Flags delta exceeding tolerance per 20 CFR 655.731.
Benching Detection
Identifies pay periods with zero or below-prevailing-wage payment while H1B status is maintained. Flags cumulative gap days. 20 CFR 655.731(c)(7), Matter of Vinayagam.
Bill-Rate to Pay-Rate Ratio
Body-shop signal. Calculates ratio of end-client bill rate to worker pay rate. Flags ratios above 3.0x against industry benchmarks (typically 1.5x-2.5x for legitimate IT staffing).
Worksite-vs-LCA Location
Cross-references LCA-filed worksite against badge access, IP geolocation, payroll address, and end-client invoice address. Flags mismatches that would require a new LCA.
Reverse-Flow Kickback
Detects payments from worker (or worker's family) to employer or employer-related entities. Includes training-fee payments, loan payments, and family-to-employer wires. 20 CFR 655.731(c)(9).
Beneficiary Multiplicity
Detects petitioning patterns indicative of lottery gaming - multiple shell employers filing for the same beneficiary. Cross-references the FY2025+ beneficiary-centric lottery records.
Specialty Occupation Validation
Verifies the position requires at least a US bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in a specific field. Verifies worker credentials. Verifies actual duties align. INA 214(i).
Public Access File Completeness
Verifies presence of all required PAF elements per 20 CFR 655.760: copy of LCA, prevailing-wage source, posting evidence, satisfaction-of-required-elements documentation, summary of benefits.
Who runs this in production.
The buyer pattern for H1B Labor - who carries the budget, who carries the regulatory exposure, and how the engagement starts. Most first engagements are a Retroactive Proof Audit on a defined lookback window; Pre-Settlement integration follows once the check pack is calibrated to the customer's profile.
Microsoft, Google, Meta, Amazon, Apple all run staffing-supplier compliance programs auditing their staffing suppliers (Wipro, Infosys, TCS, Cognizant, Accenture, Deloitte). Direct sales motion, 60-120 day cycle.
Plaintiff-side employment firms specializing in H1B wage and hour collective actions. Worker advocacy organizations (South Asian Network, NICE, Centro de los Derechos del Migrante). Whistleblower-protection firms.
ADP Workforce Now, Paychex Flex, Workday Payroll, Rippling, Gusto, BambooHR, Paylocity, UKG. Embedded compliance layer with channel-partnership economics.
DOL Wage and Hour Division (primary LCA enforcer), DOL OIG, USCIS FDNS, ICE HSI, DOJ Civil Rights Division IER, DOJ Criminal Fraud Section, DOL OFLC. Standard 18-24 month gate.
Four-SKU model. No percentage. No contingency.
Pricing carries over from the canonical four-SKU model unchanged - Retroactive Scan (flat fee), Retroactive Proof Audit (with credit-back against the next subscription tier), Pre-Settlement Subscription (tiered annual), and per-case CREB bundles (Tier 3 court-ready evidence). Asset Intelligence is the standard fifth SKU where the vertical needs it.
No percentage of recovery. No contingency. No success fees. JIL is detection and proof, not recovery. Recovery sits with the customer or its existing partners (subrogation counsel, recovery vendors, regulators). The structure is what allows JIL to operate as neutral integrity infrastructure across plaintiffs and defendants, payers and payees, regulators and the regulated, on the same case.
Ready to scope a H1B Labor engagement?
Initial briefings are 60 minutes. Retroactive Proof Audit lookback windows, check-pack profile design, and integration runbook are available under NDA. We start where the buyer's procurement gate is shortest.