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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Michael Sainato

‘I feel like a criminal for quitting’: nurses in the US fight ‘stay or pay’ agreements

Nurse pushing patient in wheelchair
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. Photograph: Tetra Images, LLC/Alamy

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.

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