2023年6月4日
USA: Migrant care workers reportedly subject to conditions of 'debt bondage' amid unsafe working conditions & wage theft; incl. co. comment
摘要
日期: 2023年6月4日
地點: 美國
其他
Not Reported ( 醫療保健 ) - Employer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 菲律賓 , 醫療保健 , Women , Documented migrants )議題
恐嚇和威脅 , Restricted mobility , Poverty Wages , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time回應
回應紀錄: 否
後續行動: None reported.
資訊來源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2023年6月4日
地點: 美國
其他
Not Reported ( 醫療保健 ) - Employer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 1 - 菲律賓 , 醫療保健 , Women , Documented migrants )議題
恐嚇和威脅 , Excessive production targets , Occupational Health & Safety , Restricted mobility回應
回應紀錄: 否
後續行動: None reported.
資訊來源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2023年6月4日
地點: 美國
企業
Overseas Manpower Solutions - Recruiter受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 菲律賓 , 醫療保健 , Women , Documented migrants )議題
恐嚇和威脅 , Restricted mobility , 剝奪言論自由 , 訊息獲取 , 招聘費用 , Debt Bondage , 心理健康回應
回應紀錄：是，由NBC
回應的外部鏈接： (查看更多)
後續行動: 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.
資訊來源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2023年6月4日
地點: 美國
企業
CommuniCare - Employer , WorldWide HealthStaff Solutions - Recruiter受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 1 - 菲律賓 , 醫療保健 , Women , Documented migrants )議題
恐嚇和威脅 , 招聘費用 , Excessive production targets , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Wage Theft , Restricted mobility , 人口販賣回應
回應紀錄：是，由NBC
回應的外部鏈接： (查看更多)
後續行動: 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.
資訊來源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2023年6月4日
地點: 美國
其他
Not Reported ( 醫療保健 ) - Employer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 1
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 菲律賓 , 醫療保健 , Women , Documented migrants )議題
訊息獲取 , Contract Substitution , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions回應
回應紀錄: 否
後續行動: None reported.
資訊來源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2023年6月4日
地點: 美國
其他
Not Reported ( 職業介紹所 ) - Recruiter受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 1 - 菲律賓 , 醫療保健 , Women , Documented migrants )議題
Restricted mobility , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Wage Theft , 恐嚇和威脅回應
回應紀錄: 否
後續行動: None reported.
資訊來源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2023年6月4日
地點: 美國
其他
Not Reported ( 醫療保健 ) - Employer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 菲律賓 , 醫療保健 , Men , Documented migrants )議題
恐嚇和威脅 , Wage Theft , Contract Substitution , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , 招聘費用 , Occupational Health & Safety , Restricted mobility , Fair & Equal Wages , 種族/民族/階層/出身歧視回應
回應紀錄: 否
後續行動: None reported.
資訊來源: 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].