Thousands of nurses from abroad work in the US every year on visas, the majority from the Philippines due to training programs that mirror training for nurses in the US. 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. After paying the fee, Ramos was sued for $100,000 or more by CommuniCare for quitting her job before the three years required by her employment agreement. Ramos explained when she first started working, the high number of patients she was tasked to take care of every day posed significant safety issues and risks to her medical license. Quitting a job that you’re not comfortable with any more is not a sin “I was assigned to take care of at least 30 patients every shift,” Ramos said. “It was really exhausting. I was burned out. I worked non-stop. I chose not to use my […]
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