India-based firm pays California over foreign workers' visas

California has settled with an India-based technology company that it accuses of misclassifying foreign workers and related tax fraud. The state attorney general said Infosys Limited and its subsidiary will pay California $800,000. He says the company brought in about 500 workers using the wrong visas to underpay them and avoid paying payroll taxes such as unemployment insurance, disability insurance and employment training. The correct visas also require employers to pay workers the local prevailing wage and can be hard to acquire. The company said the settlement avoids the time and expense of litigation and notes that Infosys strongly disputes the allegations and admits no wrongdoing.