Lamb Higley & Hilbert

An infrastructure company founded in the United Kingdom in 1995.  Commonly referred to as L2H it has become most well-known as one of the Big Four parties to The Contract to Develop Space.

History

Founded in 1997 by three oil executives, L2H initially focused on providing resources and infrastructure to remote facilities, including Antarctic research stations, oil rigs, and military outposts.  When Qinlin Mining and Ephemeris Engineering needed personnel to put on their stations, they turned to L2H.

Services Provided

L2H fulfills two roles.  It provides personnel, either directly, for management and key support personnel, or through subcontractors for unskilled labor.  These personnel fill healthcare, food support, logistics support, life maintenance systems support, networking support, and other necessary roles.

L2H also oversees various quality-of-life initiatives, including retail shops, retail dining, and live entertainment. The few independent businesses developing the Solar System typically operate in these sectors overseen by L2H through many layers of sub-contracts.

Employment Practices

L2H is, by far, the largest employer in the developing solar system.  It is estimated that, at the onset of the Corporate War, nearly fifty percent of all personnel in the Solar System were either L2H employees or contractors.

Recruitment for L2H positions, either directly or through contractors, comes through L2H recruitment offices all over Earth.  Generally, these positions last for three years.  L2H provides a generous incentive package, including full health coverage, a matching retirement plan, and direct compensation several times the average compensation on Earth.  L2H provides transportation to and from the position location.  Once at the duty station, employees and contractors are expected to remain through the end of the contract.  Premature termination of the contract may result in L2H seeking reimbursement for travel costs.

L2H has been criticized heavily for practices that some equate to human trafficking.  There are reports that L2H recruits some unskilled labor under false pretenses and does not permit complaining individuals to return to Earth.  L2H denies these practices.  However, L2H subcontractors have been identified as engaged in human trafficking operations.  L2H points to termination of those contracts and the assessment of fines against the subcontractors upon public release.  The amount of fines, and the fees paid to the sub-contractor for early termination, are not public knowledge.

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