I have J-1 waiver in state of Maryland that requires 40 h work /week but it should be at least 32 hours direct patient care. when i was negotiating the contract, they told me I just need to work 160h/month ( total 1760h/year)( I have the e-mail from recuriter about it) instead of 1920h( for 40hx 48 week per state requirement).
Now after i signed contract they told me i have to work exactly 40h /week for total 1920h because of state regs.
I am only physician who is hospital employee because of my visa, other people work as independent contractor and will pay with a private company.
they get pay 120$/h. and this company makes all of ER scheduling for me.
This pricvate company pays for my malpractice and bouneces, so i had to sign contract with them. According to their contract I should work 140h/month.
So if i work 1920h for them , they should pay me another 15000$ which has not been paid yet. and in compare with same ER doc who works as independet contractor, I recieve 15000$ less. intrestingly my friend did interview with them and they offered him 15000$ more thann my current salary.Is it against of DOL reg that mentions they should pay me 100% same they pay to a citizen????
2- Now they tell me my contract by private group is not legal and i have to go only with hospital contract but the same time they still covering my malpractice and also asking me to sign alot of forms for private company because they need to get money back from my work.So can they tell me my contract with private company who runs ER is not legal? Can I speak up for discrepency between private company and hospital contracts about my hours? Can I refused to sign any forms which sent by private company?
3- Can I use all these discrepencies ( not get pay as much as other ER doc in same hospital and different contracts and e-mails with different hours)for a reason to trasnfer without breaching contract( beacause i have 250 K clause in my contract)
4- if I can traansfer my waiver, will in need stay in same State or can move to another state?
please help me