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المقال

4 يونيو 2023

الكاتب:
Shannon Pettypiece, NBC News (USA)

USA: Migrant care workers reportedly subject to conditions of 'debt bondage' amid unsafe working conditions & wage theft; incl. co. comment

إظهار جميع الإشارات الادعاءات

“Trapped at work: Immigrant health care workers can face harsh working conditions and $100,000 lawsuits for quitting”

…more than a dozen immigrant health care workers from across the country described being placed in jobs where there was so little staff that they weren’t able to meet patients’ basic needs and feared for their physical safety…

But when the workers tried to leave their jobs before the expiration of multi-year contracts, they were faced with paying tens of thousands of dollars in penalties …

... after leaving the job, Ramos received a letter from the facilities owner, CommuniCare Family of Companies, demanding she pay $15,555…

About a year after leaving, she was sued by the recruiter, Overseas Manpower Solutions, which alleged she owed the company $42,231…

…the Labor Department filed a lawsuit in federal court against the staffing agency Advanced Care Staffing, alleging that the repayment provision in nurses’ contracts … would violate the Fair Labor Standards Act...

A judge ruled in 2019 that nursing home operator SentosaCare and a recruitment agency it used in the Philippines violated the Trafficking Victims Protection Act...

[CommuniCare provides a statement included in the article. NBC news also contacted Overseas Manpower Solutions and Advanced Care Staffing for comment, who could not be reached].