4 Haz 2023
USA: Migrant care workers reportedly subject to conditions of 'debt bondage' amid unsafe working conditions & wage theft; incl. co. comment
Özet
Date Reported: 4 Haz 2023
Lokasyon: Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Diğer
Not Reported ( Sağlık hizmeti ) - EmployerEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: Sayı bilinmiyor
Göçmen ve göçmen işçiler: ( Sayı bilinmiyor - Filipinler , Sağlık hizmeti , Women , Documented migrants )Meseleler
Gözdağı verme ve tehditler , Restricted mobility , Poverty Wages , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure TimeYanıt
Response sought: Hayır
Action taken: None reported.
Source type: News outlet
Özet
Date Reported: 4 Haz 2023
Lokasyon: Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Diğer
Not Reported ( Sağlık hizmeti ) - EmployerEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: Sayı bilinmiyor
Göçmen ve göçmen işçiler: ( 1 - Filipinler , Sağlık hizmeti , Women , Documented migrants )Meseleler
Gözdağı verme ve tehditler , Excessive production targets , Occupational Health & Safety , Restricted mobilityYanıt
Response sought: Hayır
Action taken: None reported.
Source type: News outlet
Özet
Date Reported: 4 Haz 2023
Lokasyon: Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Şirketler
Overseas Manpower Solutions - RecruiterEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: Sayı bilinmiyor
Göçmen ve göçmen işçiler: ( Sayı bilinmiyor - Filipinler , Sağlık hizmeti , Women , Documented migrants )Meseleler
Gözdağı verme ve tehditler , Restricted mobility , İfade özgürlüğünün engellenmesi , Bilgiye erişim , İşe Alım Ücretleri , Debt Bondage , Akıl sağlığıYanıt
Response sought: Yes, by NBC
External link to response: (Find out more)
Action taken: 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.
Source type: News outlet
Özet
Date Reported: 4 Haz 2023
Lokasyon: Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Şirketler
CommuniCare - Employer , WorldWide HealthStaff Solutions - RecruiterEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: Sayı bilinmiyor
Göçmen ve göçmen işçiler: ( 1 - Filipinler , Sağlık hizmeti , Women , Documented migrants )Meseleler
Gözdağı verme ve tehditler , İşe Alım Ücretleri , Excessive production targets , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Wage Theft , Restricted mobility , İnsan kaçakçılığıYanıt
Response sought: Yes, by NBC
External link to response: (Find out more)
Action taken: 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.
Source type: News outlet
Özet
Date Reported: 4 Haz 2023
Lokasyon: Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Diğer
Not Reported ( Sağlık hizmeti ) - EmployerEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: 1
Göçmen ve göçmen işçiler: ( Sayı bilinmiyor - Filipinler , Sağlık hizmeti , Women , Documented migrants )Meseleler
Bilgiye erişim , Contract Substitution , Precarious/Unsuitable Living ConditionsYanıt
Response sought: Hayır
Action taken: None reported.
Source type: News outlet
Özet
Date Reported: 4 Haz 2023
Lokasyon: Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Diğer
Not Reported ( İşe alım ajansları ) - RecruiterEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: Sayı bilinmiyor
Göçmen ve göçmen işçiler: ( 1 - Filipinler , Sağlık hizmeti , Women , Documented migrants )Meseleler
Restricted mobility , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Wage Theft , Gözdağı verme ve tehditlerYanıt
Response sought: Hayır
Action taken: None reported.
Source type: News outlet
Özet
Date Reported: 4 Haz 2023
Lokasyon: Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Diğer
Not Reported ( Sağlık hizmeti ) - EmployerEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: Sayı bilinmiyor
Göçmen ve göçmen işçiler: ( Sayı bilinmiyor - Filipinler , Sağlık hizmeti , Men , Documented migrants )Meseleler
Gözdağı verme ve tehditler , Wage Theft , Contract Substitution , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , İşe Alım Ücretleri , Occupational Health & Safety , Restricted mobility , Fair & Equal Wages , Irk/etnik/kast/köken ayrımcılığıYanıt
Response sought: Hayır
Action taken: None reported.
Source type: 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].