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‘I feel like a criminal for quitting’: nurses in the US fight ‘stay or pay’ agreements (www.theguardian.com)

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Filipino nurses for Ohio-based company say they have been forced to pay thousands in fees after signing training contracts

Filipino nurses are calling for the US’s top labor watchdog to review controversial “stay or pay” training repayment agreement provisions that have left them facing lawsuits and thousands of dollars in fees after they quit their jobs.

Training repayment agreement provisions (Trap) are contracts employers require workers to sign before beginning a job and stipulate that if a worker leaves the job before a specified time, they owe substantial fees.

Nurses who worked for the Ohio-based CommuniCare Family of Companies, one of the largest providers of post-acute care in the US, say they have been subjected to buyout fees of thousands of dollars when they resign and have been sued by their former employer.

Jeddalyn Ramos, a 30-year-old from the Philippines worked for four months at a CommuniCare-owned short-term and senior rehab facility in Pittsburgh in 2022 and paid $15,555.45 in fees when she quit her job.

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[–] vexikron@lemmy.zip 11 points 11 months ago

Its fine, us Americans don't need a healthcare system that anyone can afford, in terms of monetary cost as well as in time terms of huge wait lines for every conceivable kind of basic checkup all the way to critical surgery.

See we have overall great health, can easily afford healthy food, have time to cook said healthy food, we do not have any addiction problems at a large scale, and you hardly ever hear about anyone getting shot, what with guns requiring extensive safety and familiarization courses before you can obtain one.

I look forward to growing old in safety and security as it definitely is not the case that roughly half the country wants to elect a self avowed wannabe dictator who has publicly stated that he is very interested in getting rid of vermin-people and keeping the blood of the nation clean.

(/s if thats somehow necessary)