Prevailing Wage Question

[Swapnil2007]

Hi There,

I am working at a University on H1B. The university is filing Green card application for me. The prevailing wage request my employer filed for my PERM application came back with a salary rate about $5500 higher than my current salary.
The employer sent me a new contract with the new salary and then cancelled it in a few days saying that they don't have to pay me the prevailing wage until I get the Green Card, which, for me being from India will be at least 5-6 yrs.
Can anyone tell me if the employer is correct in saying they don't have to pay me prevailing wage that came with perm application until I get the Green Card.

Any comments/advice is appreciated.

Thanks

 

[littleadv]

Yes. The prevailing wage is relevant to the job offered to you as the basis for the GC process, not the job you currently hold. Once you get the GC - they have to pay the salary they stated in PERM, or they'll be breaking the law, until then it's just on paper.