Many employers in the United States of America are utilizing the 
talented pool of labor that immigrates to America from foreign 
countries. With employee shortages, Americans demanding higher 
pay and benefits, and the influx of immigrants that come to 
America everyday it makes economical sense for employers to hire 
these immigrants. The argument has been made recently that 
immigrants who are looking for work are more than willing to do 
the work that some Americans may consider to be menial and that 
pays below their standard of living. 

Some employers have so many immigrant workers that the employers 
offer English language lessons as a benefit to their employees 
and help them in becoming American citizens. There are even 
employers who have so many immigrant workers that there are three 
to four languages spoken by the employees, none of which are 
English. Inventive employers are offering these English lesson 
classes that can be taken during work hours as a means of 
improving safety and quality of life for employees. Consider the 
fact that it would be difficult for an employee who speaks a 
foreign language to communicate safety problems to other 
employees who do not speak the same language. Many of these 
immigrant workers leave family and friends behind in their home 
country while seeking a better life in the United States of 
America. Many immigrant workers come to America with the 
intention of bringing their family over once they have enough 
money saved up. 

For an immigrant worker, one of the best gifts for the holiday 
season may not be the frozen turkey that has traditionally been 
given as a holiday bonus. As a matter of fact, some of these 
immigrant workers may not even recognize the Christian holiday of 
Christmas. It is important for employers to offer their immigrant 
employees holiday bonuses or gifts, but to make sure that the 
holiday gifts are not offensive to other religious beliefs that 
the immigrant employees may have. 

A practical gift or bonus that may be appreciated by immigrant 
workers in the United States might be a way to keep in touch with 
those friends and family that they left behind in their home 
country. The holiday season focuses so much on family ties that 
those who are away from their family may feel left out of the 
family atmosphere. 

International telephone calling cards could be a great way for an 
employer to offer a non-offensive holiday gift to his or her 
employees. This gives the employee a way to keep in touch with 
those family members that they are away from without costing the 
employer a lot of money. Rechargeable international telephone 
calling cards allow people to call a foreign country at an 
affordable rate. International phone calls have long been out of 
the price range for most people. Now there are international 
calling cards that make calling a foreign country a possibility 
regardless of a person’s income. 

An international telephone calling card would be a much more 
practical gift to give to immigrant employees than the old frozen 
turkey. These international calling cards are also more 
affordable than you may think. An employer can purchase a single 
phone card at any price they choose. These international calling 
cards, such as the ones offered by the company "send global", let 
a person call a foreign country for mere pennies a minute. A 
$5.00 phone card translates into a person being able to call a 
foreign country and talking for quite a while. Rates do vary 
depending on the country that is being called, but pennies a 
minute applies to all covered countries. 

The holiday gift of being able to call home for free may be much 
more appreciated by immigrant employees than the traditional 
holiday gifts that employers are notorious for giving out during 
the holiday season. If you are an employer that has a number of 
immigrant workers then you may want to give some thought to 
international calling cards as an option.
 

Jim Headley, (jheadley@telecents.com) VP of New Business 
Development, Telecents Communications Inc.
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