USA: Migrant care workers reportedly subject to conditions of 'debt bondage' amid unsafe working conditions & wage theft; incl. co. comment
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 4 Jun 2023
Standort: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
Unternehmen
Overseas Manpower Solutions - RecruiterBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Philippinen , Gesundheitswesen , Gender not reported )Themen
Einschüchterung & Drohungen , Restricted mobility , Verweigerung der freien Meinungsäußerung , Informationszugang , Personalbeschaffungsgebühren , Debt Bondage , Mentale GesundheitAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von NBC
External link to response: (Find out more)
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: She described the mental and physical toll this took and the fear of retribution from her employer when she did find a new job. She was then sued by Overseas Manpower Solutions, alleging she owed the company would it would have made off her remaining, unworked hours. After reaching a settlement, she is unable to discuss the terms.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 4 Jun 2023
Standort: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
Andere
Not Reported ( Gesundheitswesen ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( 1 - Philippinen , Gesundheitswesen , Gender not reported )Themen
Einschüchterung & Drohungen , Excessive production targets , Occupational Health & Safety , Restricted mobilityAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: None reported.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 4 Jun 2023
Standort: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
Andere
Not Reported ( Gesundheitswesen ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Philippinen , Gesundheitswesen , Gender not reported )Themen
Einschüchterung & Drohungen , Restricted mobility , Wage Theft , Fair & Equal Wages , Rassen-/Ethnien-/Kasten-/Herkunfts-Diskriminierung , Contract Substitution , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Personalbeschaffungsgebühren , Occupational Health & SafetyAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: None reported.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 4 Jun 2023
Standort: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
Andere
Not Reported ( Gesundheitswesen ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Philippinen , Gesundheitswesen , Gender not reported )Themen
Einschüchterung & Drohungen , Restricted mobility , Poverty Wages , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure TimeAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: None reported.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 4 Jun 2023
Standort: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
Andere
Not Reported ( Arbeitsagenturen ) - RecruiterBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( 1 - Philippinen , Gesundheitswesen , Gender not reported )Themen
Restricted mobility , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Wage Theft , Einschüchterung & DrohungenAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: None reported.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 4 Jun 2023
Standort: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
Unternehmen
CommuniCare - Employer , WorldWide HealthStaff Solutions - RecruiterBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( 1 - Philippinen , Gesundheitswesen , Gender not reported )Themen
Einschüchterung & Drohungen , Personalbeschaffungsgebühren , Excessive production targets , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Wage Theft , Restricted mobility , MenschenhandelAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von NBC
External link to response: (Find out more)
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: One worker filed a lawsuit against CommuniCare and a recruiter in the Philippines it works with, WorldWide HealthStaff Solutions. Some practices are alleged to be illegal by the Labor Department.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 4 Jun 2023
Standort: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
Andere
Not Reported ( Gesundheitswesen ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: 1
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Philippinen , Gesundheitswesen , Gender not reported )Themen
Informationszugang , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Contract SubstitutionAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: None reported.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
“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].