American Prospect: Federal Agencies Can Disable Employer Debt TRAPs
Advocacy groups offer a road map for how agencies can use existing authority to ban contracts that force workers to pay employers if they leave their job.
PRESS RELEASE: Governing for Impact Urges Biden Administration to Protect Foreign-Educated Nurses from Exploitative “Stay or Pay” Contracts
Legal memo proposes how DOL can protect healthcare workers and patients from restrictive labor practices WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Governing for Impact (GFI), Towards Justice (TJ), the Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC), and the American Economic Liberties Project (AELP) issued a memo urging the Department
Politico Future Pulse: Soothe a Doc
Advocacy groups are lobbying the Department of Health and Human Services to ban health care facilities from using noncompete agreements if they receive Medicare or Medicaid funding. Noncompete agreements, common in the health care industry, prevent doctors from quitting and going to
PRESS RELEASE: Governing for Impact Urges Biden Administration to Ban Use of Non-Compete and “Stay or Pay” Contracts in Healthcare Industry
Legal memo proposes how HHS can protect healthcare workers and patients from the harms of such contracts WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Governing for Impact (GFI), Towards Justice (TJ), the Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC), the American Economic Liberties Project (AELP), and the AFT
Bloomberg: ‘Restrictive’ Pilot, Trucker Contracts Spur Push for Crackdown
The Biden administration is facing new pressure to investigate and take action to ban “exploitative” employment contracts in the airline and trucking industries.
PRESS RELEASE: Organizations Urge Biden Administration to Protect Workers from Exploitative “Stay or Pay” Contracts
Labor, legal groups ask Department of Labor to clarify that such contracts can violate the Fair Labor Standards Act WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Governing for Impact (GFI), Towards Justice (TJ), the Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC), the American Economic Liberties